Greek Gods You've Probably Never Heard Of (or What To Do When You're Really Bored)
Okay, this is hysterical! Well, it's entertaining anyway, and oddly addictive. Here's how it works. Take a word that typically ends in the letters "le". Add an "s" to make the ending "les". Pronounce the new word so that the ending has a long "e" and rhymes with "please". Here's an example. Take the word "particle". Change the ending to make it "particles". Capitalize the word to make it a proper name: "Particles" (pronounced "part-i-kleez"). And there you have it. Particles, the Greek god of physics (particles...physics...get it?!)! Here's another example. Consider the word "article". Make the appropriate changes to get "Articles" (pronounced "art-i-kleez"). Articles, the Greek god of journalism (articles...journalism...get it?!). Sometimes a name qualifies without the "le" ending, as illustrated below.
Apologies, Greek god of apologetic behavior (Thanks Diana.)
Apples, Greek god of fruit (Also Greek god of computers.)
Apsides, Greek god of orbital elements
Arrestees, Greek god of prisoners (Thanks Kathy!)
Articles, Greek god of journalism (This is the one that started it all.)
Asperites, Greek god of friction
Apostrophes, Greek god of punctuation (Thanks Deb!)
Arteries, Greek god of circulation
Altitudes, Greek god of heights (Also Greek god of triangles.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Apologies, Greek god of politeness
Apostrophes, Greek goddess of punctuation
Astroglides, Greek god of lubrication (Thanks Diana.)
Atrocities, Greek god of war crimes (Thanks Scarlet.)
Auricles, Greek god of ears
Bangles, Greek goddess of female rock groups
Barnacles, Greek god of shipborne parasites
Beatles, Greek god of British rock and roll
Berries, Greek god of shrubbery fruit (Thanks Scarlet.)
Bicycles, Greek god of two-wheeled transportation
Binaries, Greek god of double stars (Thanks Scarlet.)
Bojangles, Greek god of fast food chicken (sometimes pronounced bo-hang-leez by Hispanics)
Booties, Greek god of footwear
Braces, Greek god of orthodontics
Broccolies, Greek god of cabbage head dolls (Thanks Wayne.)
Bubbles, Greek god of children's bath time (Thanks Sara.)
Bugles, Greek god of brass music (Also Greek god of drum corps and Greek god of snack foods.)
Canticles, Greek god of Christian music
Capillaries, Greek god of phlebotomy
Castles, Greek god of people who live in huge, extravagant houses (Thanks Wayne.)
Catastrophes, Greek god of catastrophes
Chefboyardees, Greek god of canned pasta
Chemicales, Greek god of chemistry (Yeah, the spelling's wrong...but it's funny!)
Chenilles, Greek god of blankets (Thanks Cat.)
Cherries, Greek god of the pits
Chickadees, Greek god of ornithology
Chocolates, Greek god of chocolate (What else did you expect?) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Chronicles, Greek god of calendars
Circles, Greek god of geometry
Clavicles, Greek god of bone
Coffees, Greek god of caffeinated sustenance (Thanks Scarlet.)
Couples, Greek god of duos (e.g. Simon and Garfunkel) (Thanks Sara.)
Crucibles, Greek god of chemistry (Also known as Chemicales.)
Cubicles, Greek god of corporate office space
Cuddles, Greek god of comfort (Thanks Sara.)
Cuticles, Greek god of manicures and pedicures
Decades, Greek god of ten year periods
Debacles, Greek god of very poor decision making (particularly in politics)
Degrees, Greek god of measurement (Also Greek god of geometry.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Deities, Greek god of Greek gods (Thanks Larry.)
Delegates, Greek god of shared responsibility
Disciples, Greek god of education
Diabetes, Greek god of candy, cola, and jelly doughnuts Also known as KrispyKremes.) (Thanks Tyson.)
Dicktrickles, Greek god of NASCAR (Whooooooooo!)
Dillpickles, Greek god of cookout condiments (Get it?!)
Donkeys, Greek god of the Democratic National Committee
Draftees, Greek god of conscription
Eclipses, Greek god of planetary alignments
Energies, Greek god of power (Even though energy and power aren't the same thing.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Ephemerides, Greek god of celestial mechanics
Epistles, Greek god of long-winded orators (Thanks Wayne.)
Euphrates, Greek god of ancient Babylon
Facilities, Greek god of public restrooms
Faculties, Greek god of knowledge (Also Greek god of tenure.)
Feces, Greek god of shit (Yeah, I know...but it's funny.)
Fickles, Greek god of indecision
Fleas, Greek god of pet infestations
Follicles, Greek god of pattern baldness
Freckles, Greek god of dermatology
Frisbees, Greek god of silly sports (Also Greek god of aerodynamics.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Glazes, Greek god of ceramics and pottery
Groceries, Greek god of the retail food industry
Handles, Greek god of survival (Thanks Sara.)
Hardees, Greek god of fast food
Heckles and Jeckles, twin Greek gods of birds
Herpes, Greek god of venereal disease
Honeybees, Greek god of honey (Also Greek god of castaway singing groups.)
Hubbles, Greek god of spaceborne telescopes (Thanks Scarlet.)
Hyades, Greek god of nearby open clusters
Hypocrites, Greek god of dissembling (Thanks Scarlet.)
Icicles, Greek god of ice
Images, Greek god of pictures (Thanks Scarlet.)
Johncleese, Greek god of British comedy
Jubliees, Greek god of cherry desserts
Juggles, Greek god of balancing (Thanks Sara.)
Kamikazes, Greek god of suicide
Lattes, Greek god of high class coffee (Thanks Diana.)
Lenses, Greek god of refractors
Littles, Greek god of Munchkins (Thanks Wayne.)
Magnitudes, Greek god of brightness (Thanks Scarlet.)
Measles, Greek god of communicable diseases
Menses, Greek god of PMS
Meteorites, Greek god of (Earth bound?) interplanetary debris (Thanks Scarlet.)
Miracles, Greek god of telethons
Monkees, Greek god of American British rock and roll
Monocles, Greek god of single-eyed vision
Nativities, Greek god of messianic birthplaces
Nipples, Greek god of milk
Oracles, Greek god of electronic databases
Pansies, Greek god of decorative flowers (Also Greek god of homosexuals.)
Panties, Greek god of lingerie
Parentheses, Greek god of inclusion (Thanks David.)
Participles, Greek god of grammar
Particles, Greek god of physics
Pebbles, Greek god of small stones (Also Greek god of cartoons.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Pedicles, Greek god of bony protuberances
Peoples, Greek god of demographics
Phylacteries, Greek god of scroll safekeeping and transportation
Pickles, Greek god of fermented cucumbers
Pilates, Greek god of flat stomachs (Thanks Diana.)
Pimples, Greek god of acne (Thanks Jessica.)
Pinnacles, Greek god of climaxes (Take it any way you want.) (Thanks Sara.)
Pleiades, Greek god of young open clusters
Popsicles, Greek god of frozen desserts
Posttoasties, Greek god of cereal
Praesepes, Greek god of apiatric science (bee keeping)
Preambles, Greek god of parliamentary documents
Principles, Greek god of ideas
Pringles, Greek god of potato chips (Thanks Sara.) (Also known as Ruffles, Greek god of chip dipping at parties. Thanks Jessica.)
Promiscuities, Greek got of dalliances (Thanks David.)
Prosecutes, Greek god of lawyers (Thanks Scarlet.)
Prostitutes, Greek god of turning tricks (Thanks Diana.)
Pulease, Greek god of begging (Thanks David.)
Radiates, Greek god of radiation (Thanks Scarlet.)
Receptacles, Greek god of electricity
Recycles, Greek god of conservation (Thanks Diana.)
Refugees, Greek god of immigration
Relativities, Greek god of spacetime curvature (Once held the rank of General Relativity, but his mother said he was special.) (Thanks Cary.)
Remedies, Greek god of homeopathic medicine
Reticles, Greek god of sighting (Not to be confused with Spectacles, Greek god of vision.) (Also the Greek god of Telrads.)
Rifles, Greek god of firearms (For the NRA members.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Ripples, Greek god of water waves
Rumbles, Greek god of hunger (Also Greek god of gang fights. Also Greek God of thunder. Thanks Sara.)
Serendipities, Greek got of happy accidents (Thanks David.)
Sleepeeze, Greek god of sleep (Remember those?)
Snorkles, Greek god of snorkeling (Also Greek god of scuba diving. Thanks Ratanjit.)
Spades, Greek god of gardening implements
Species, Greek god of evolution
Speckles, Greek god of high resolution interferometry
Spectacles, Greek god of vision
Spicules, Greek god of chromospheric solar activity (Solar astronomers will get this one!)
Stapes, Greek god of tiny bones (Also known as Ossicles.)
Staples, Greek god of office supplies (Also Greek god of retail office supply stores.)
Stitches, Greek god of emergency medicine (Also known as Sutures.)
Struggles, Greek god of overwhelming tasks (Thanks Wayne.)
Symphonies, Greek god of classical music
Tabernacles, Greek god of churches
Tables, Greek god of furniture (Also Greek god of organized data.) (Thanks Scarlet.) (Also Greek god of civilized dining. Thanks Diana.)
Taxes, Greek god of the IRS (For the Republicans in the audience.) (Thanks Scarlet.)
Telephones, Greek god of long distance communication (Thanks Scarlet.)
Telescopes, Greek god of long distance observation (Thanks Scarlet.)
Tentacles, Greek god of cephalopods (Also Greek god of octopi. Yes, I know an octopus is a cephalopod so this may be redundant.)
Testicles, Greek god of fertility
Theses, Greek god of graduate school and graduate study
Tickles, Greek god of dermal stimulation (Also Greek god of laughing torture and phalangus humorous.)
Treacles, Greek god of snake bite victims (Thanks Wayne.)
Tumbles, Greek god of gymnastics (Thanks Sara.)
Unicycles, Greek god of one-wheeled transportation
Uncles, Greek god of family
Variables, Greek god of variable stars (Thanks Scarlet.)
Vegetables, Greek god of gardening
Vehicles, Greek god of motorized transportation
Ventricles, Greek god of cardiology
Vesicles, Greek god of semen passages
Vignettes, Greek god of illustrative sketches (Thanks Scarlet.)
Waffles, Greek god of breakfast cakes (a.k.a Pancakes) (Thanks Scarlet.) (Also Greek god of breakfast. Thanks Diana.)
Wavicles, Greek god of modern physics (This one's a stretch, but I think it's valid.)
Wheaties, Greek god of champions
Yankees, Greek god of people who demean Southerners (Thanks Jessica.) (May also be known as Greek god of male masturbation...we're not sure.)
Yerkes, Greek god of observatories (May also be known as the Swedish god of masturbation…we’re not sure.)