Pronouncing Greek Gods and Goddesses Names in (Modern) Greek | a.k.a How Greeks Call the Ancient Gods

Zeus, Aphrodite, Poseidon. The names of the members of the ancient Greek pantheon are known to the English-speaking world. But, it goes without saying, that these names are pronounced differently in (modern) Greek. Here is how Greeks call the Greek gods and goddesses we know from our favorite myths.

Pronouncing Greek Gods/Goddesses Names in Greek:

  1. ฮ”ฮฏฮฑฯ‚ (Zeus)
  2. ฮ‰ฯฮฑ (Hera)
  3. ฮ ฮฟฯƒฮตฮนฮดฯŽฮฝฮฑฯ‚ (Poseidon)
  4. ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฮฌ (Athena)
  5. ฮ‘ฯ†ฯฮฟฮดฮฏฯ„ฮท (Aphrodite)
  6. ฮ†ฯฮทฯ‚ (Ares)
  7. ฮ‰ฯ†ฮฑฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ (Hephaestus)
  8. ฮ”ฮนฯŒฮฝฯ…ฯƒฮฟฯ‚ (Dionysus)
  9. ฮ•ฯƒฯ„ฮฏฮฑ (Hestia)
  10. ฮ‘ฯ€ฯŒฮปฮปฯ‰ฮฝ(ฮฑฯ‚) (Apollo)
  11. ฮ†ฯฯ„ฮตฮผฮนฯ‚ (Artemis)
  12. ฮ•ฯฮผฮฎฯ‚ (Hermes)
  13. ฮ”ฮฎฮผฮทฯ„ฯฮฑ (Demeter)
  14. ฮ ฮตฯฯƒฮตฯ†ฯŒฮฝฮท (Persephone)

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Marialena Perpiraki is a journalist and writer from Athens, Greece. In 2020, she founded Helinika as a cross-media platform.

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