Obscure Greek Gods?

[BoxmanWTF]

I need some help, can anyone find a greek god which has the most useless purpose?
or at least funny purpose.
I have to dress up as one so it has to be a god, not goddess

 

[Thesolcity]

Hephaestus. be sure to get a wheelchair.

 

[jarejare3]

Zeus.

All he does is sit on his throne and have sex with 100++ goddess.

 

[jing90]

Dionysus was the god of wine and other stuff and he was usually drunk

 

[wasim]

Medusa.

I don't thinks it's a god but it'll look cool !

 

[Snailface]

Straight from the "Other Gods" section of the Wikipedia article.

1.Cyamites (Κυαμίτης), demi-god of the bean
2.Acratopotes (Ἀκρατοπότης), god of unmixed wine and incontinence
3.Agdistis (Ἄγδιστις), Phrygian hermaphroditic deity
4.Harpocrates (Ηαρποκρατης), god of silence
5.Hermaphroditus (Ἑρμάφρόδιτός), god of hermaphrodites and effeminate men
6.Matton (Μάττων), demi-god of the meal, specifically the kneading of dough

Suggestion: Pick #4 so you can just walk around pretending to be deaf.

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

Hmmm....

Well, here's what I came up with:

• Hestia - Virgin Goddess of the Hearth, Architecture, and family order.
• Hera - Goddess of Women and Marriage.
• Persephone - Not a goddess of anything, just considered the personification of vegetation.

Edit) Oh, not a goddess? Sorry, most of the useless gods are goddesses.

 

[Densetsu]

Cyamites (Κυαμίτης), demi-god of the bean

They have bean gods?

Pythagoras must have thought Cyamites was the devil.

 

[BoxmanWTF]

Harpocrates- I LIKE THIS ONE
now I have an excuse to not talk XD

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

Priapus

minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his absurdly oversized, permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism.

 

[VVoltz]

I saw a documentary that mentioned a God of "Just in case we forgot a God of something" but I am not sure if it was Greek or for a newer civilization. And I can't seem to find it using Google.

 

[Crimson Ghoul]

Hmmm....

Well, here's what I came up with:

• Hestia - Virgin Goddess of the Hearth, Architecture, and family order.
• Hera - Goddess of Women and Marriage.
• Persephone - Not a goddess of anything, just considered the personification of vegetation.

Edit) Oh, not a goddess? Sorry, most of the useless gods are goddesses.

That goes to tell you something doesn't it

 

[BoxmanWTF]

Hmmm....

Well, here's what I came up with:

• Hestia - Virgin Goddess of the Hearth, Architecture, and family order.
• Hera - Goddess of Women and Marriage.
• Persephone - Not a goddess of anything, just considered the personification of vegetation.

Edit) Oh, not a goddess? Sorry, most of the useless gods are goddesses.

That goes to tell you something doesn't it

sad isn't it?

 

[Densetsu]

Priapus

minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his absurdly oversized, permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism.

I've known the term "priapism" for a while...now I know where it comes from. Thanks!

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

@[member='Densetsu'] I learned about Priapus because I wondered where the word came from, one day.
Yay for boundless curiosity.

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

I've found more!

• Alastor - Male - Personification of familial feuds.
• Bia - Female - Personification of force. (The FUS RO DAH of Goddesses)
• Castor and Pollux - Male and Male - Personification of Gemini, AKA the Twins.
• Chaos - Nongendered - Deity of the nothingness that everything sprung from.
• Momus - Male - God of Satire, Mockery, Writers and Poets
• Proteus - Male - Was god of the sea before Poseidon. (I'm guessing he disappeared or was rendered useless when Poseidon came along?)
• Achelous - Male - Patron deity of a river by the same name.
• Ceto - Female - Personification of the dangers of the sea, unknown terrors, and bizarre creatures.

I've listed female ones because, hey, who doesn't want to see even more useless Gods/Goddesses?

 

[BoxmanWTF]

D: my teacher wouldn't let me be Priapus
When I told her what his purpose was she said "OH GOD I NEVER WANTED TO HEAR THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF A TEENAGE BOY'S MOUTH!"
But at least I got Harpocrates!

 

[mad567]

DIONYSOS was the great Olympian god of wine, vegetation, pleasure and festivity.....

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

D: my teacher wouldn't let me be Priapus
When I told her what his purpose was she said "OH GOD I NEVER WANTED TO HEAR THOSE WORDS COME OUT OF A TEENAGE BOY'S MOUTH!"
But at least I got Harpocrates!

LOL! Well, it was worth trying just to get that reaction out of a teacher.

 

[Helpful Corn]

Serapis wears a flower pot as a hat

related: check out the film Agora, great film that went largely unnoticed.