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GREEK NAMES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Achaeans
ah KEY ens
Acheron
AK ur on
Achilles
Uh-KILL-eez
Acteon
ak TEE un
Adgistis
a JISS tis
Admetus
ad MEE tus
Adrasteia
uh DRAS tee uh
Aeneas
ee NEE us
Aeolus
EE eh les
Aiakos
ay YA kos
Algaea
al JEE ah
Alecto
uh LEK toh
Algaia
al GAY ah
Amphisbaena
am fes BEE nah
Amphitrite
am feh TRY tee
Anteros
an TAIR os
Antiope
an TY oh pee
Aphrodite
a fro DIE tee
Apollo
uh-PAUL-oh
Apotheosis
ah pah thee OH sus
Arcas
AR cuss
Ares
AIR eez
Arges
ARE jiz
Ariadne
AIR ee AD nee
Arion
AIR ee un
Aristaios
AIR is TY ohs
Artemis
AR tuh miss
Ascalaphus
as CAL a fus
Asklepios
as KLEEP ee us
Asphodel
ASS fah dill
Asterion
as TEER ee on
Athena
a-THEE-nuh
Atlas
AT luss
Atropos
A (like cat) trah pahs
Augean Stables
aw JEE un
Baqlawa
BOCK la va
Boracay
BOR ah cay
Boreas
BOR ee us
Bosporus
BOSS pur us
Briareos
bri AR ee os
Brontes
BRAUN teez
Cerberus
SER ber us
Charon
KAIR en
Charybdis
kur RIB dis
Chione
KY uh nee
Chiron
KEER on
Chrysaor
CRY say or
Clotho
CLOH thoh
Cocytus
co KYE tus
Cronos
CROW nus
Cubie
KEW bee
Curetes
cur RET eez
Cyclopes
sy CLOH peez
Cybele
SEH bul ee
Daedalus
DAY dul lus
Deimos
DEE mows
Deity
DEE ah tee
Delos
DEE lahs
Demeter
duh MEE ter
Dione
dy OH nee
Dionysus
die uh NYE sus
Echidna
uh KID nuh
Eirene
ee REE nee
Enyalios
en YAY lee os
Enyo
eh NY yo
Eos
EE as
Erebus
AIR ah bus
Eris
AIR us
Eros
EAR ohs
Eunomia
you NO mee ah
Euphrosyne
yew FRAHS sin nee
Eurydice
yur RID ah see
Eurynome
yur RIN ah mee
Gaia
GUY ah
Galin
GAY lin
Geryon
GER yawn
Hades
HAY deez
Harmonia
har MO nee ah
Hecate
HEH kah tee
Hecuba
HEH kew bah
Helios
HEEL lee ohs
Hephaestus
heh FEST us
Hera
HAIR uh
Heracles
HAIR uh cleez
Heraklion
her RACK lee on
Hermaphroditus
her maa fro DYE tus
Hermes
HER meez
Hesiod
HEE see ud
Hesperides
hes PER ah deez
Hestia
HES tee ah
Hippolyta
heh PAUL eh tah
Hydra
HI druh
Hypnos
HIP nos
Ida
EYE duh
Iolaus
eye oh LAY us
Kaveh Grahib
kah veh graw HEEB
Ketamine
KEY tah meen
Keto
KEY tow
Kithairon, Mount
KEY thair on
Knossos
NAW ses
Lachesis
LACK eh sis
Ladon
LAY dun
Laodice
lay ODD eh see
Lethe
LEE thee
Leto
LEE toh
Litohoro
li TOE ho ro
Maenads
MEE nahds
Matapan, Cape
MAT (like cat) ah PAN
Majorelle Gardens
mah jah RELL
Medusa
meh DOO suh
Megaera
ma GEER ah
Melinoe
MEL uh no
Metis
may TEES or MEE tis
Minos
MY nus
Minotaur
MIN ah tor
Mont Forel
mont FOUR el
Mytikas
MIT uh kus
Nereids
NEER ee ids
Oceanid
oh SEE ah nid
Odysseus
o DEE see us
Orpheus
OR phee us
Palaistra
pah LES trah
Papasan chair
PAH pah sahn
Pasithea
pa SITH ee ah
Pelops
PEE lops
Perins Peak
PAIR ens
Persephone
per SEF fuh nee
Philotes
fil LOW teez
Phlegethon
FLEG eh thon
Phorcys
FOR sis
Polyhymnia
poly HIM nee ah
Polyphemus
paul ah FEE mus
Poseidon
puh SI duhn
Priam
PRY um or PREE um
Prometheus
pro MEE thee us
Rhadamanthys
rah dah MAN this
Rhea
REE ah or RAY uh
Rhode
ROE dee
Sahin
Sha HEEN
Satyrs
SAY turs
Scylla
SIL uh
Scythe
SIGH th
Selene
suh LEEN
Semele
SEM uh lee
Sisyphus
SIS a fuss
Steropes
STAIR uh peez
Stymphalus
STEM fa lus
Styx
Stix
Tartarus
TAR tah rus
Thalia
thuh LY uh
Thanatos
THAN uh tos
Theseus
THEE soos
Thetis
THEE tus
Thrace
Thrays
ThyrsusTHUR sus
THUR sus
Tiresias
ty REE see us
Tisiphone
tih SIPH oh nee
Tyche
TY key
Uranus
YUR en us
Wight
WHYt
Zeus
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