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The Demigods are a race of beings that are half-god and half-human. They possess mortal souls and are vulnerable to old age and death though they have longer than average human lifespans; however, their divine blood endows them with supernatural abilities that allow them to achieve feats usually not possible by humans.
Most notably the Olympian God Dionysus was a Demigod before being made a full Olympian as a reward for his feats. Another demigoddess, Persephone, became a full-blooded god sometime after she married the Greek god, Hades.
Known Demigods[]
First Generation Demigods[]
- Persephone - Former Demigoddess; eventually became a goddess full-blooded; daughter of the goddess Demeter and the Mortal Farmboy
- Dionysus - Former Demigod; eventually became a god full-blooded; son of the god Zeus and the human Semele
- Achilles - Trojan War hero; son of the goddess Thetis and the human Peleus
- Theseus - First King of Athens; son of the humans Aegeus and Aethra; with a godly intervention from the god Poseidon
- Heracles - Mightiest of men; son of the god Zeus and the human Alcmene
- Narcissus - Beautiful Flower; son of the god Cephissus and the human Liriope
Second Generation Demigods[]
- Zagreus - God of Blood and Bonds; Prince of the Underworld; son of Hades and Persephone
- Melinoë - Goddess of Nightmares; Princess of the Underworld; daughter of Hades and Persephone
Trivia[]
- In Greek Mythology, Persephone is not a demigoddess since she is the daughter of Demeter and Zeus.
- Due to the multiple versions of his birth myth, Dionysus was not a demigod sometimes.
- All first-generation demigods are 1/2 God, and 1/2 Mortal.
- Due to Persephone's father being a mortal, Zagreus and Melinoë are 3/4 God, and 1/4 Mortal.
- Both Zagreus and Melinoë seem significantly smaller than most full-blooded gods with Hades alone being estimated to stand somewhere in the range of 10–12 feet tall compared to their normal human height of 5'10" and 5'6" respectively. It's unknown if this is a result of the mortal blood running through their veins or if it's a stylistic choice on the part of the developers.