The invention provides grease for an elevator rope through which an elevator rope with high traction characteristic and high wear resistance can be obtained, an elevator rope using the grease for the elevator rope, a traction type elevator and a maintenance method for the traction type elevator. The grease for the elevator rope contains base oil and a thixotropic agent, the thixotropic agent is formed in a way that a compound with a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group in a molecule is dissolved in the above base oil to form a solid composition, and the composition has a thixotropic characteristic.