The Hippoiathanatoi were the majestic immortal horses of the gods. The majority of these divine steeds were the offspring of the four Wind-Gods who themselves were said to draw the chariot of Zeus in the shape of horses.

These immortal horses were occasionally granted as gifts to mortals. These animals, however, are not meant for mortal mastery--something demonstrated when Apollo's mortal son Phaethon attempts to drive the team across the sky. Unable to control them, he scorches the earth.

NAMES OF HIPPOI ATHANATOI

ABRAXAS An alternative name for one of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
AITHON One of the fire-breathing steeds of Ares.
AITHON An alternative name for one of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
AITHOPS One of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun. AREION The immortal horse of Herakles and later Adrastos.
BALIOS One of a pair of immortal horses owned by Peleus, then Akhilleus & Neoptolemos.
BOREAS The god of the North-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus.
BRONTE One of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
EUOS One of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
EUROS The god of the East-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus.
HARPAGOS One of the two immortal horses of the Dioskouroi twins.
KONABOS One of the fire breathing steeds of Ares.
LAMPOS One of the two immortal steeds of Eos goddess of the Dawn.
NOTOS The god of the South-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus.
PEGASUS The winged immortal horse born from the neck of Medousa.
PEGASOI The breed of winged immortal horses.
PHAITHON One of the two immortal steeds of Eos goddess of the Dawn.
PHLEGON An alternative name for one of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
PHLOGEOS (1) One of the two immortal horses of the Dioskouroi twins.
PHLOGIOS (2) One of the fire-breathing steeds of Ares.
PHOBOS One of the fire-breathing steeds of Ares.
PODARKES One of a pair of immortal horses owned by Erekhtheus king of Athens.
PYROIS An alternative name for one of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
STEROPE One of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
THERBEEO An alternative name for one of the four immortal horses of Helios the Sun.
TROJAN HIPPOI The twelve immortal horses owned by Erikhthonios king of Troy.
XANTHOS (1) One of a pair of immortal horses owned by Peleus, then Akhilleus & Neoptolemos.
XANTHOS (2) One of a pair of immortal horses owned by Erekhtheus king of Athens.
ZEPHYROS The god of the West-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus