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If you are interested in Greek Mythology then this can be source of names for your dog and quite unusual ones.
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There have been several movies based on Greek Mythology including topics such as the Trojan War, Clash Of The Titans (a couple of these) , Hercules and Immortals. Also this can make its way into culture have you ever heard of the phrase ‘achilles heel' or a ‘trojan horse'.
Anyway on with the list. Again we have the name, whether it was male or female and some information about the name
Greek Mythology List
| Name | Male or female | About |
| ACHILLES | MALE | the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of Agamemnon in the Trojan War. He was eventually killed by an arrow to his heel |
| ADONIS | MALE | the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite in Greek mythology |
| AESON | MALE | Aeson was the father of Jason in Greek mythology |
| AJAX | MALE | the name of a hero who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. Also the Dutch football team |
| ANDROMEDA | FEMALE | a princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. Also a constellation in the northern sky. |
| AOIDE | FEMALE | one of the original three muses, the muse of song |
| APOLLO | MALE | Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light. |
| ARES | MALE | the god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera. |
| ARGUS | MALE | the man who built the Argo |
| ARTEMIS | FEMALE | the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto |
| ATHENA | FEMALE | the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare |
| ATLAS | MALE | He was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders |
| BACCHUS | MALE | another name of the Greek god Dionysos |
| BRONTES | MALE | a Cyclops in Greek mythology. He was the son of Ouranos and Gaia and the brother of two other Cyclopes; Arges and Sterope. His other siblings included the Hecatoncheires and Titans. The Cyclopes |
| CALYPSO | FEMALE | a nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to the Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years. |
| CERBERUS | MALE | the name of the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades |
| CHARON | MALE | the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron |
| CHLORIS | FEMALE | a nymph or goddess who was associated with spring, flowers and new growth, |
| DAPHNE | FEMALE | female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. |
| DEIMOS | MALE | a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the twin brother of Phobos |
| DEMETER | FEMALE | the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over grains and the fertility of the earth |
| DIKE | FEMALE | the goddess of justice and the spirit of moral order and fair judgement based on immemorial custom, in the sense of socially enforced norms and conventional rules |
| DIONE | FEMALE | possibly a Titan goddess, most probably a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and hence an Oceanid, a water-nymph |
| DORIS | FEMALE | a sea nymph, one of the many children of Oceanus and Tethys |
| EIRENE | FEMALE | Ancient Greek form of IRENE. She is said to be the daughter of Zeus and Themis and sister of Dike and Eunomia |
| ELECTRA | FEMALE | one of the Oceanids who was the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies. Also the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Also one of the Pleiades. |
| ELPIS | FEMALE | In Hesiod's Works and Days, Elpis was the last item in Pandora's box |
| EOS | FEMALE | the Greek goddess of the dawn |
| ERIS | FEMALE | the goddess of discord |
| EROS | MALE | the Greek god of love and sex. He is described as one of the children of Aphrodite and Ares |
| EUTERPE | FEMALE | one of the nine Muses, the muse of music and joy. |
| GAIA | FEMALE | the personification of the Earth.She is the mother of Uranus |
| HADES | MALE | is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld.] Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea. He has brothers, Zeus and Poseidon |
| HEBE | FEMALE | the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She was a goddess of youth. |
| HECUBA | FEMALE | a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War |
| HELEN | FEMALE | She was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. |
| HELIOS | MALE | is the god and personification of the Sun, often depicted in art with a radiant crown and driving a horse-drawn chariot through the sky |
| HERA | FEMALE |
is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth in ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians and the sister-wife of Zeus. She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea
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| HERMES | MALE | the god of boundaries. He was also viewed as the protector and patron of roads and travelers, as well as of merchants, messengers, sailors, athletes, herdsmen, and thieves. |
| HERMIONE | FEMALE | was the only child of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Queen Helen. There is also a link to Harry Potter as well |
| HESTIA | FEMALE | she is the daughter and firstborn child of Kronos and Rhea. the goddess of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state |
| HIPPOLYTE | FEMALE | the daughter of Ares, and the queen of the Amazons |
| HYPERION | MALE | was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia and Uranus who, led by Cronus, overthrew their father Uranus and were themselves later overthrown by the Olympians |
| IAPETOS | MALE | a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius |
| IASON | MALE | a form of Jason |
| ICARUS | MALE | is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings |
| JASON | MALE | an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. |
| KLEIO | FEMALE | the goddess of history and heroic poetry |
| KOIOS | MALE | one of the Titans, the giant sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth) |
| KORE | FEMALE | alternate name for the Greek goddess Persephone |
| KORONIS | MALE | There are several characters in Greek mythology with this name or Coronis including one of the Hyades. |
| LAMIA | FEMALE | the name of a queen of Libya who was a mistress of Zeus |
| LEDA | FEMALE | the mother of Castor, Pollux, Helen and Clytemnestra by the god Zeus |
| LETO | FEMALE | the mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus |
| LINUS | MALE | son of Apollo and Psamathe, daughter of King Crotopus of Argos |
| LYCUS | MALE | the name of multiple people in Greek mythology including the son of Poseidon and Celaeno. |
| LYSSA | FEMALE | the spirit of mad rage, frenzy, and rabies in animals |
| MEDUSA | FEMALE | a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed upon her face would turn to stone |
| MELETE | FEMALE | one of the original three muses, the muse of meditatio |
| MELIA | FEMALE | the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including a Bithynian nymph, mother of Amycus, king of the Bebryces, by Poseidon |
| MIDAS | MALE | King Midas is remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. |
| MINOS | MALE | the first King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa |
| MNEME | FEMALE | one of the original three muses, the muse of memory |
| MORPHEUS | MALE | a god associated with sleep and dreams. Also a character in the MAtrix movies. |
| NEILOS | MALE | Nilus was one of 3,000 river gods children of Oceanus and Tethys. |
| NEMESIS | FEMALE | is the goddess who enacts retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods) |
| NESTOR | MALE | Nestor was an Argonaut, helped fight the centaurs. He became the King of Pylos after Heracles killed Neleus and all of Nestor's siblings |
| NIKE | FEMALE | a Greek goddess who personifies victory and now the famous brand |
| NYX | FEMALE | the Greek goddess (or personification) of the night. |
| OKEANOS | MALE | the divine personification of the ocean which the ancient Greeks perceived as an enormous river encircling the world. |
| ORION | MALE | a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. |
| OURANIA | FEMALE | the muse of astronomy. |
| PANDORA | FEMALE | the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. Pandora opened a jar releasing all the evils of humanity |
| PARIS | MALE | the Trojan prince who kidnapped Helen and began the Trojan War |
| PEGASUS | MALE | a mythical winged divine horse, and one of the most recognized creatures in Greek mythology |
| PERSEPHONE | FEMALE | Goddess of the underworld, springtime, flowers and vegetation |
| PERSEUS | MALE |
the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. He was the son of Zeus.
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| PHOBOS | MALE | the God of fear in Greek mythology. He is the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares |
| PLUTO | MALE | an alternate name of Hades, the god of the underworld. Also the name of a dwarf planet and a disney character who is a dog, so that's handy. |
| PONTUS | MALE | a Greek god of the sea. He was the son of Gaia. |
| POSEIDON | MALE | one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses |
| PRIAM | MALE | the king of Troy during the Trojan War |
| PROTEUS | MALE | an early sea-god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water |
| RHEA | FEMALE | a Titan, the wife of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia |
| SELENE | FEMALE | a Greek goddess of the moon, a Titan |
| TETHYS | FEMALE | a Titan associated with the sea who was also the wife of Oceanus. |
| THALIA | FEMALE | one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry |
| THEIA | FEMALE | a Titan goddess of light, glittering and glory. She was the wife of Hyperion and the mother of the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the dawn goddess Eos. |
| THEMIS | FEMALE | a Titan who presided over custom and natural law |
| TYCHE | FEMALE | the Greek goddess of fortune, luck and fate |
| ZEPHYROS | MALE | the Greek god of the west wind |
| ZEUS | MALE | the highest of the gods. Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from Mount Olympus |