The Greek pantheon of gods included mortal-born heroes and heroines who were elevated to godhood through a process which the Greeks termed apotheosis. Some of these received the privilege as a reward for their helpfulness to mankind example: Heracles, Asclepius and Aristaeus, others through marriage to gods, example: Ariadne, Tithonus and Psyche, and some by luck or pure chance example: Glaucus.
List Name Parents Notes SourcesDionysus Zeus and Semele Also an Olympian Ariadne Minos and PasiphaëHeracles Zeus and Alcmene Also the Protector of Mankind and the Patron of Gymnasiums Leucothea Cadmus and Harmonia Palaemon Athamas & Leucothea Palaemon's sacred animal was the dolphin Ganymede Tros and Callirhoe Asclepius Apollo and Coronis Aristaeus Apollo and Cyrene Also the patron of oil milling,medicinal herbs,hunting,and the Etesian winds Attis Galaos Bolina Transformed into a nymph by ApolloBritomartis Zeus and Carme Endymion Aethlius and Calyce Granted immortality in eternal sleep Glaucus Poseidon Became immortal after eating a herb which was sowed by Kronos.Hemithea Staphylus or Apollo and Khrysothemis Hyacinthus Amyclas and Diomede Leucippides (Phoebe and Hilaeira) Leucippus or Apollo Orithyia Erechtheus and Praxithea Parthenos Staphylus or Apollo and Khrysothemis Hunter of Artemis Phylonoe Tyndareus and Leda Hunter of Artemis Semele (or Thyone) Cadmus and Harmonia Made immortal by her son Dionysus after she died. Triptolemos Celeus and Metanira One of the gods involved in the Eleusinian MysteriesTrophonius Apollo A seer transformed into an immortal Daimon Iphigenia (also known as Orsilokhia ) Agamemnon and Clytemnestra Priestess of ArtemisAcis Pan and Symaethis One of the river godsAlcyone and Ceyx Aeolus and Enarete (Alcyone), Eosphorus (Ceyx)CleitusMantius Memnon Eos and Tithonus Fought in the Trojan WarLampsaceMandron
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