Greek Gods & Goddesses


List of Greek Gods and Goddesses Classical Greek Mythology

ADDucation’s list of Greek gods and goddesses is compiled from the works of Hesiod’s Theogony (c700 BC) and Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey 760-710 BC) because these authority sources are credited by ancient authors with establishing Greek religious customs and we have referenced dozens of other sources. We’ve also included  Greek gods and goddesses family trees.

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Name Roman Equivalent Title Group Gender Parents Siblings Consort/s Offspring Greek Gods and Goddesses Details
Aether Ether God of Light and the upper atmosphere. primordial Male
  • Erebusand Nyx1*
  • or Chronos and Ananke9*
  • or Chaos3*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Agathyrnus
    • Aethe
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
Hemera, Gaia
  • Gaia
  • Thalassa
  • Uranus
  • Aergia
  • Pontus
  • Tartarus.
Aether is one of the elementary substances from which the Universe was formed. Aether is the personification of the upper air only breathed by gods. The air which encircles the mortal world that the rest of us breathe is called Aer (or Chaos).
Aphrodite
(Cytherea and Cypris)
Venus Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. Olympian Female
  • Zeus and Dione2*
  • or the sea foam where Uranus’1* castrated genitals fell.
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Athena
  • Dionysus
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Graces
  • the Meliae
  • the Erinyes (Furies)
  • the Gigantes.
Divine consorts:
  • Hephaestus
  • Ares
  • Hermes
  • Dionysus
  • Adonis

Mortal consorts:

  • Prince Anchises
  • Phaethon
  • Boutes

 

Divine offspring:
  • With Ares:
    • Harmonia (goddess of harmony)3,9,10*
    • twins Deimos and Phobos (gods of fear & terror)3*
    • Eros10*
    • Adrestia.
  • With Dionysus:
    • Priapus11*
    • Iacchus9*
  • With Adonis:
    • Priapus27*
    • Beroe10*(Oceanid nymph).
  • With Hermes:
    • Pan
    • Hermaphroditus
    • Tyche
    • Abderus/Abderos
    • Priapus.
  • With Dionysus:
    • The Charities (the Graces).
  • With Perseidon:
    • Rhode (goddess of Rhodes, nymph)19*

Mortal offspring:

  • With Prince Anchises:
    • Aeneas (Trojan hero)
    • Lyros.
  • With Phaethon:
    • Astynous/Astynoos
  • With Butes6* (Argonaut):
    • Eryx (King of Eryx).

With unknown fathers:

  • Peitho (goddess of persuasion)
  • The Erotes.
Because Aphrodite was beautiful Zeus married her to ugly Hephaestus to avoid rivalry. One of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.
Apollo Apollo God of music, prophecy, education, healing and disease. Olympian Male Zeus and Leto. Artemis (twin sister) Half-siblings:
  • Ares
  • Aphrodite
  • Athena,
  • Dionysus
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Charities.
  • Daphne
  • Leucothea
  • Kyrene
  • Marpesia
  • Kastalia
  • Hekuba
  • Kassandra
  • Coronis (Princess of the Lapiths)
  • Thalia
  • Calliope (muse)
  • Hyacinth
  • Cyparissus.
  • With Coronis: Asclepius
  • With Hekuba: Troilus
  • With Kyrene: Aristaeus
  • With Calliope: Orpheus
  • With Thalia: the Corybantes.
Apollo was the protecter of boys up to marriage age. As god of prophecy Apollo found a place called Pytho to dispense prophecies to mortals. Python, a giant snake lived in Pytho and terrorized all living creatures so Apollo killed the snake, built a temple, and renamed Pytho to Delphi. There are many other Apollo related myths. One of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.
Ares Mars God of war, battle and manliness. Olympian Male Zeus and Hera.
  • Athena
  • Apollo
  • Artemis
  • Aphrodite
  • Dionysus
  • Eris
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Charities
  • Eileithyia
  • Enyo.
  • maybe Aphrodite
  • Chryse or Dotis
  • Eos
  • Pelopeia
  • maybe Enyo sister and war-goddess
  • Queen Otrera (mother of the Amazons).
  • With Aphrodite:
    • Eros and Anteros (2 of the Erotes)
    • twins Deimos and Phobos
    • Harmonia
    • Adrestia
  • With Chryse or Dotis:
    • Phlegyas (King of the Lapiths).
  • With Otrera (Amazons):
    • Hippolyta
    • Antiope
    • Melanippe
    • Penthesileia
  • With Pelopeia:
    • Cycnus
  • With unknown mothers:
    • Asopis (Naiad nymph).
Least loved of the 12 Olympians. Ares supported the Trojans and spoilt, his cries of pain, reached Mount Olympus. The Aloadae locked Ares in a bronze jar for a lunar year (13 months) later Hermes released him only to learn his fellow Olympians had tricked the twins into killing each other some time ago.
Artemis Diana Virgin goddess of hunting, wild animals, children, choirs and disease. Olympian Female
  • Zeus and Leto
  • or Demeter11*
  • Apollo (twin brother)
  • Half siblings:
  • Ares
  • Athena
  • Aphrodite
  • Dionysus
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Graces.
Virgin Artemis was the protectress of girls up to marriage age. Artemis loved Orion, her hunting companion, but Apollo was jealous and tricked her into accidentally killing him with a long range arrow shot. In her grief Artemis placed Orion in the stars and formed the constellation of Orion.

Artemis sided with the Trojans during the Trojan war95* and clashed with Hera who grabbed Artemis’ bow, beat her about the head and sent her fleeing back to Olympus in tears.

Asclepius (Asklepios, Hepius) Aesculapius God of healing and medicine. deified mortal Male
  • Apollo and Coronis (Triccaean princess)
  • or Apollo and Arsinoe.
  • Troilus
  • Aristaeus
  • Orpheus
  • the Corybantes.
Epione (goddess of soothing pain).
  • Makhaon
  • Podaleirios
  • Iaso
  • Aigle
  • Aceso
  • Panakeia
  • Hygieia / Hygeia.
Coronis was killed, while pregnant, for being unfaithful to Apollo. Before her body was burned Apollo saved Asclepius who was given the centaur Chiron, to be raised. Asclepius was taught medicine and eventually learned to raise the dead. Asclepius resurrected Hippolytus which angered Hades who complained to Zeus who killed Asclepius with a lightning bolt. Asklepios means “to cut open”.
Athena Minerva Virgin goddess of: Warcraft, heroism, counsel, pottery, weaving, olives and oil. Olympian Female Zeus and Metis.
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Aphrodite
  • Dionysus
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Graces.
Virgin Athena was Zeus’ favorite daughter, born fully grown and clad in armor from Zeus’s forehead she was even allowed to use his thunderbolt. She was fierce and brave but only fought to defend her state/home.
In a contest for Athens against Poseidon he created a salt water spring by striking the ground with his trident.Athena created an Olive tree, symbolizing peace and prosperity and Cecrops, the ruler of Athens accepted the tree and Athena became the patron goddess of Athens. One of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.
Atlas Atlas God of endurance and astronomy. Titan 2nd Gen. Male Iapetus and Clymene (Oceanid ) or Asia.
  • Menoetius
  • twins Prometheus and Epimetheus.
Pleione
  • the Hesperides
  • the Hyades
  • the Pleiades
  • Calypso (Ogygian nymph)
  • Dione (Atlantid nymph)
  • Maera (Atlantid nymph).
After the Titans lost the Titanomachy96* Zeus condemned Atlas to hold up the sky for eternity, shouldering the weight of the heavens. One of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.
Charon Ferryman of the dead. Male Erebos and Nyx Charon is not a god, but the ferryman who brings the dead across the river of the dead Acheron (often also called Styx or Lethe) to the kingdom of the underworld (Hades) for a fee (obolus = coin that is placed under the dead person’s tongue).

Charon is often depicted as a grim old man, sometimes as a hideous death demon in a sailor’s smock.

Chronos God of time primordial Orphic9* Male Hydrus and Gaia or none (because Chronos was one of the Protogenoi*98 that emerged at dawn of creation). Ananke
  • Chaos
  • Aether
  • Erebus
  • Phanes
  • Ananke.
Chronos was a serpent like god with three heads; man, bull and lion.
According to the Orphic cosmogony9* Chronos is one of the Protogenoi*98 from which the cosmos began. With Ananke (his daughter and consort) they circled and split open the primal world egg (cosmic egg) which formed the universe including Phanes, the heavens, earth, sea and sky.
The English words; chronology, chronometer, chronic, chronicle, and anachronism are all derived from Chronos, the Greek god of time.
Demeter
(aka Sito, Thesmophoros)
Ceres Goddess of agriculture, grain and bread. The afterlife. Titaness 2nd Gen. Female Chronos and Rhea.
  • Zeus
  • Hera
  • Poseidon
  • Hades
  • Hestia
  • Chiron.
  • Iasion
  • Zeus
  • Oceanus
  • Carmanor
  • Poseidon
  • Triptolemus.
  • With Zeus:
    • Persephone9*
    • Eubuleus9*
  • With Poseiden:
    • Despoina
    • Arion (a stallion, while Demeter was “in the likeness of a Fury”6*).
  • With Iasion:
    • Plutus
    • Philomelus.
  • With Carmanor:
    • Chrysothemis
  • With Triptolemus:
    • Amphitheus.
Demeter’s daughter Persephone was abducted by Hades to be his wife so she cursed the world causing the land to become barren and plants to wither and die. Zeus tried to return Persephone from the underworld but unfortunately Persephone had eaten seeds of a pomegranate, given to her by Hades, so she was bound to the underworld for a third of each year. Demeter, grieving being apart from her daughter, withdraws her gifts from the world (Winter) until Persephone‘s return each Spring.
Dike
(aka Dicé)
Justitia Goddess of justice. Olympian 2nd Gen. Female Zeus and Themis. The Horae (2nd Triad):
  • Eunomia (order)
  • Eirene (peace).
Dike is often depicted beating her opposite Adicia (goddess of injustice) with a hammer. Aspects of both Dike and her mother, Themis, were both identified with the Roman goddess Justitia.
Dionysus (Dionysos) Bacchus, Liber God of wine, drunkenness, madness, parties, vegetation and the Afterlife. Olympian Male
  • Zeus and Semele Thyone (Princess)
  • or Zeus and Dione.
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Aphrodite
  • Athena
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Graces.
Ariadne Priapus, Hymen, Thaos, Staphylus, Oenopion, Comus and Phthonus. Dionysus is included in some lists of the twelve Olympians, the youngest and last god to be accepted into Mount Olympus.
Eileithyia
(Ilithyia)
Lucina Goddess of childbirth. Olympian 2nd Gen. Female Zeus and Hera.
  • Ares,
  • Eris
  • Hebe
  • Hephaestus.
Eros and Sosipolis When Alcmene was in labour Hera sent Eileithyia to stop the birth and kill both mother and baby but Galinthias, Alcmene’s handmaiden falsely announched the birth which distracted Eileithyia and Heracles was born. Eileithyia, furious at being outwitted by Galinthias, turned her into a weasel. Hecate took pity on Galinthias and made her an attendant.
Eirene
(Irene)
Pax Goddess of peace and the season of Spring. Olympian 2nd Gen. Female Zeus and Themis The Horae (2nd Triad):
  • Eunomia (order)
  • Dike (justice).
Eirene is often depicted holding the infant Pluto and often with her two sister Horae. Sometimes seen with seasonal fruits, palm and olive branches. Symbols include a cornucopia (horn of plenty), sceptre (and a heraldic staff), torch, rhyton (drinking vessel)
Eos Aurora Goddess of the dawn. Titaness 2nd Gen. Female Hyperion and Theia.
  • Helios (Sun)
  • Selene (Moon).
  • Astraeus
  • Ares
  • Tithonus.
With Astraeus: Astraea (virgin goddess of innocence and justice), the Anemoi Wind deities:
  • Boreas (North wind, bringer of cold winter air)
  • Notus (South wind, bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn)
  • Eurus (East wind)
  • Zephyrus (West wind, bringer of light spring and early summer breezes).

Five planets/Wandering Stars:

  • Phainon (Saturn)
  • Phaethon (Jupiter)
  • Pyroeis (Mars)
  • Eosphoros/Hesperos (Venus)
  • Stilbon (Mercury)

With Tithonus: Memnon and Emathion.

Eos had large white feathered wings and wore a tiara and a pink gown woven with flowers.
Eos consorted with Ares6*which caused Aphrodite to curse her with insatiable sexual desire and she abducted a series of young men including Cephalus, Cleitus, Orion and Tithonus.
Erebus God of darkness and shadow. primordial Male Chaos Nyx Aether, Hemera Darkness (Erebus) and Night (Nyx) appeared out of Chaos
Eris
(aka Discord, Strife)
Discordia Goddess and personified spirit /daimona of strife, discord and chaos. Olympian 2nd Gen. Female Zeus and Hera or Erebus and Nyx3* or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*  
  • From Zeus and Hera:
    • Ares
    • EnyoHephaestus
    • Hebe or Thanatos
    • Hypnos
    • the Keres.
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Nemesis
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.

 

 

Eris by 99*Parthenogenesis (alone):
  • Dysnomia (lawlessness)
  • Atë (ruin)
  • Lethe (forgetfulness), Naiad nymph
  • Limos (starvation)
  • Algos/Algea (pain)
  • the Hysminai (battles)
  • the Makhai
  • the Phonoi (murders)
  • the Androktasiai (manslaughter)
  • the Neikea (arguments)
  • Pseudea/Pseudo-Logoi (lies)
  • the Amphilogiai (disputes)
  • Ponos (toil).
Eris tried to gatecrash the wedding of Peleus and Thetis but was turned away so she tossed a golden apple of discord inscribed “To The Fairest” into the wedding guests. Hera, Aphrodite and Athena squabbled over the apple, Zeus appointed mortal Paris to resolve the dispute which led to the Trojan war95*. Eris’ opposite is Harmonia.
Eros Cupid Winged god of love, procreation, sexual desire and attraction. primordial Male Ares and Aphrodite (or Nyx).
  • Harmonia (Roman Concordia)
  • twins Deimos and Phobos
  • Adrestia
  • Anteros.
Psyche (wife) Hedone (Roman Voluptas) goddess of pleasure, enjoyment, and delight. Eros uses arrows to generate love in others. One of the Erotes winged love gods. One of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.
Europa Goddess of the night. Female
  • Agenor and Telephassa
  • or Agenor and Agriope.
  • Cadmus
  • Phoenix
  • Cilix.
Zeus
  • King Minos
  • Sarpedon
  • King Rhadamanthys (Judge of the dead).
Europa was a Phoenician princess who became the first queen of Crete.
Zeus fell in love with Europa after being shot with an arrow from Eros. Zeus metamorphosed into a tame white bull, approached Europa and her handmaidens, who were afraid. To show her handmaidens the bull was tame she mounted the bull and Zeus promptly ran off and swam to Crete where he revealed his form to Europa then seduced/ravished her.
Gaia(Gaea) Tellus, Terra Mother of gods. Personification of the Earth (Mother Earth). Mother of the Titans. primordial Female
  • Chaos
  • or Aether and Hemera.
Nyx, Tartarus and Erebos.
  • Uranus
  • Pontus
  • Aether
  • Poseidon
  • Oceanus
  • Zeus
  • Tartarus.
  • With Uranus:
    • the Twelve Titans
    • the Muses
    • the Cyclopes
    • the Hecatonchires
    • the Meliae (blood of Uranus)
    • The Erinyes (blood of Uranus)
    • the Gigantes (blood of Uranus)
    • Aphrodite (sea foam where Uranus‘ genitals fell).
  • With Pontus:
    • Ceto
    • Phorcys
    • Eurybia
    • Nereus
    • Thaumas.
  • With Poseidon:
    • Antaeus (half-giant)
    • Charybdis (sea monster)
    • Laistrygon (giant cannibals).
  • With Oceanus:
    • Creusa (one of the Naiad water nymphs)
    • Triptolemos/Buzyges (threefold warrior).
  • With Tartarus:
    • Typhon
    • Echidna6*(or Phorcys and Ceto1*)
    • Campe (half woman, half Dragon).
  • With Zeus: Manes (chthonic deities).
  • With Hephaestus: Erichthonius (King of Athens).
  • With Aether:
    • Uranus (commonly thought to be a child of Gaia alone)
    • Aergia
    • Dolos.
  • No father:
    • Uranus
    • Pontus
    • Ourea
    • Pheme
    • Cecrops
    • Python.
  • Other offspring:
    • the Muses (original Boeatian).
Gaia’s offspring were born in batches and with different species. First the elder Cylops, followed by the Hekatonkheires then the Titans. Uranus locked the elder Cylopes away in her womb and cast the Hekatonkheires into Tartarus so they could not overthrow him.

Angry, Gaia, made a sickle from the hardest flint and plotted with Cronos to kill Uranus. Gaia told Cronus that Uranus had prophesied he would be overthrown by a son so, to prevent this, Cronus swallowed his children whole as they were born.

Gaia persuaded Rhea to conceal the birth of baby Zeus. After growing up Zeus returned, forced his father to throw up his siblings, and become the first Olympian ruler. Zeus imprisoned the Titans which made Gaia mad. Gaia sent her last giant son Typhon, by Tartarus, to overthrow Zeus but Typhon was killed, after an epic battle, by Zeus with a thunderbolt.

Geras Senectus Personification of Old Age. spirit / daimon Male
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Nemesis
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.

 

Geras was depicted as a small, skinny, and wrinkled old man. His opposite was Hebe, the goddess of youth.
Hades
(Plouton and Ploutos).
Pluto, Di King of the Underworld. God of the Dead, Death. primordial Male Cronus and Rhea.
  • Zeus
  • Hera
  • Poseidon
  • Hestia
  • Demeter
  • Chiron.
Persephone
  • Melinoe (Zeus disguised as Hades9*)
  • Macaria unknown mother20*
  • maybe Zagreus21*
After the Olympians defeated the Titans they drew lots to share out the spoils, Hades received the underworld. Hades was never a titled Olympian and did not join feasts in Heaven. Hades was not death itself (that’s Thanatos) but he was greedy and wanted more people to die so he would rule more subjects and become wealthier. Hades had a helmet/cap of invisibility (a gift from the Cyclopes) and a pitchfork to cause earthquakes. Hades abducted Persephone to be his wife in the Underworld.
Hebe Juventas Goddess of youth. Olympian 2nd Gen. Female Zeus and Hera.
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Aphrodite
  • Athena
  • Dionysus
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Charities.
Heracles Alexiares and Anicetus. Hebe (from the Greek word for youth) is the keeper of the Fountain of Youth which has the power to restore youth. Heracles asked Hebe to make Iolaus, his aging charioteer, young for one day so he could challenge Eurystheus, king of the Tiryns.

Themis, goddess of justice, said it was fair so Hebe made Iolaus young and Iolaus emerged victorious. As cupbearer Hebe served nectar and ambrosia to the Olympian gods but Apollo fired her when she tripped and her dress came undone exposing her breasts. Hebe was replaced by Ganymede, Zeus’ protege and male lover.

Hecate(Hekate) Trivia, Hecata Goddess of wilderness, childbirth, magic and witchcraft. Titaness 2nd Gen. Female Perses and Asteria
  • Aietes/Aeetes
  • Apollo
  • Phorcus
  • Hermes (maybe).
  • Mormo (spirit).
  • With Phorcus (possibly):
    • Scylla (nymph that turned into sea monster).
  • With Aietes/Aeetes (King of Colchis):
    • Medea
    • Apsyrtus
    • Circe.
Hecate was honored by Zeus above all others. Hecate is associated with the spiritual world and the dead so shrines were placed in households to protect them from evil spirits.
Hecate helped Demeter search for her daughter Persephone after she was abducted by Hades. After it was decided Persephone would spend a third of a year in the underworld and the rest on earth Hecate would accompany Persephone to/from the underworld.
Helios Sol Titan of the Sun. Personification of the Sun, guardian of oaths. Charioteer of the sun Titan 2nd Gen. Male. Hyperion and Theia.
  • Selene
  • Eos.
  • Rhode (wife)
  • Selene (sister)
  • Hecate
  • Leucothea
  • Oceanids:
    • Perse/Perseis
    • Clymene
    • Klytie.
  • Aegle (Naiad nymph)
  • and others.
  • With wife Rhode:
    • the Heliadae:
      • Ochimus
      • Cercaphus
      • Macareus/Macar
      • Actis
      • Tenages
      • Triopas
      • Candalus
      • Auges10*
      • Thrinax10*
  • With Selene:
    • the Horae (Seasons):
      • Eiar (Spring)
      • Theros (Summer)
      • Phthinoporon (Autumn/Fall)
      • Cheimon (Winter).
  • With Clymene:
    • Phaethon
    • the Heliades.
  • With Perse/Perseis:
    • Aeetes
    • Circe
    • Pasiphae.
  • With Aegle:
    • The Charites.
Helios took the side of the Olympians in the Titanmarchy. After Apollo was born Helios passed his duties as ruler of the sun to Apollo but remained the personification of the sun.
Every day Helios bought daylight riding his chariot of the sun, drawn by four stallions (Pyrois, Aeos, Aethon and Phlegon) from East to West.
Hemera Dies Goddess of daytime. primordial Female
  • Erebus and Nyx
  • or Chaos alone3*
  • or Chronos and Nyx22*).
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
Aether (brother)
  • Gaia
  • Uranus
  • Thalassa
  • possibly Pontus.
Out of Chaos darkness (Erebus) and night (Nyx) appeared. Erebus and Nyx bore day (Hemera) and light (Aether).

Day (and night) were imagined as real substances and separate from the sun in ancient Greek cosmogony. Although the Sun ruled the day it was not the source of light.

Every day Hemera left Tartarus, just as Nyx entered and vice versa1*

Hemera was associated with Eos, the goddess of the dawn and Hera, the queen of heavens.

Hephaestus
(Hephaistos)
Vulcan God of metalworking, fire, building, fine arts, volcanism. Olympian Male
  • Hera alone
  • or Zeus and Hera6*
  • or Talos12*.
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Artemis,
  • Aphrodite
  • Athena
  • Dionysus
  • Hebe
  • Hermes
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Persephone
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Charities
  • Eileithyia
  • Enyo
  • Iasion
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • Tantalas
  • Ersa/Pandia
  • Ate
  • Caerusm.
  • Aphrodite (half wife)
  • Aglaea (half wife)
  • Cabeiro/Cabiro (Haliad nymph lover)
  • Aitna (mountain goddess lover).
 
  • With Aphrodite (maybe):
    • Eros.
  • With Aglaea: the younger Charities:
    • Eucleia (good repute)
    • Eupheme (acclaim)
    • Euthenia (prosperity)
    • Philophrosyne (welcome).
  • With Cabeiro:
    • the Cabirus/ Cabeiri/Cabiri:
      • Alcon
      • Eurymedon10*
  • With Aitna:
    • the Palici21*(twin boys).
  • With unknown mother:
    • Thaleia.
Hephaestus is depicted as a bearded man holding a hammer and tongs, sometimes riding a donkey.

In one story Hephaestus was Hera’s child by 99*Parthenogenesis. Hephaestus was rejected by Hera because of his deformities and cast from Mount Olympus to Earth.

Hera Juno Queen of Heaven. Goddess of the Sky, women, marriage and impregnation. Olympian Female Cronus and Rhea.
  • Zeus
  • Poseidon
  • Hades
  • Hestia
  • Demeter
  • Chiron.
Zeus (his sister).
  • Ares
  • Enyo
  • Hebe
  • Eileithyia
  • Hephaestus
  • Eris.
Hera was the wife and sister of Zeus and supreme goddess and patron of childbirth and marriage. Zeus courted Hera but she rejected his advances so he took the form of wet bedraggled cuckoo. Hera took the cuckoo to her bosom and Zeus changed back to his normal form and ravished her after which she marred him to cover her shame. Their wedding night lasted 300 years!

Unsurprisingly their marriage was tempestuous and there are many stories about Hera dealing with her jealousy and plotting revenge for Zeus’s infidelities.

Heracles
(born Alcaeus)
Hercules God of physical strength. Divine protector of mankind. Gatekeeper of Olympus. demigod / god Male Zeus and Alcmene. Amphitryon (foster father). Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Aphrodite, Athena, Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Iphicles, Perseus, Minos, the Muses, the Graces.
Heracles' Consorts
Heracles Wives:
  • Megara (first wife)
  • Omphale (second wife)
  • Deianira (third wife and half sister)
  • Hebe (fourth and final wife)

Heracles Lovers:

  • Astydameia, daughter of Ormenius
  • Astyoche, daughter of Phylas
  • Auge
  • Autonoe, daughter of Piraeus/Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus
  • Baletia, daughter of Baletus
  • Barge
  • Bolbe
  • Celtine
  • Chalciope
  • Chania, nymph
  • Echidna (half woman, half snake) or a Scythian Dracaena (dragon/serpent)
  • Epicaste
  • Lavinia, daughter of Evander
  • Malis, a slave of Omphale
  • Meda
  • Melite, heroine
  • Melite, naiad
  • Myrto
  • Palantho of Hyperborea
  • Parthenope, daughter of Stymphalus
  • Phialo
  • Psophis
  • Pyrene
  • Rhea, Italian priestess
  • Thebe, daughter of Adramys
  • Tinge, wife of Antaeus
  • 50 daughters of Thespius
  • Celtic woman
  • Slave of Omphale.
  • With Megara:
    • Therimachus
    • Creontiades
    • Ophitus
    • Deicoon
    • and others.
  • With Omphale:
    • Agelaus
    • Tyrsenus.
  • With Deianira:
    • Hyllus
    • Glenus
    • Oneites
    • Macaria.
  • With Hebe:
    • Alexiares and Aniketos6*(eternally children).
  • With Astydameia, daughter of Ormenius:
    • Ctesippus6*
  • With Astyoche, daughter of Phylas:
    • Tlepolemus6*
  • With Auge: Telephus
  • With Autonoe, daughter of Piraeus/Iphinoe, daughter of Antaeus:
    • Palaemon
  • With Baletia, daughter of Baletus:
    • Brettus.
  • With Barge: Bargasus
  • With Bolbe: Olynthus
  • With Celtine: Celtus
  • With Chalciope: Thessalus
  • With Chania, nymph: Gelon
  • With Echidna/Dracaena:
    • Agathyrsus
    • Gelonus
    • Skythes.
  • With Epicaste: Thestalus
  • With Lavinia, daughter of Evander of Pallene : Pallas
  • With Malis, a slave of Omphale: Acelus.
  • With Meda: Antiochus
  • With Melite, a Naiad: Hyllus (maybe).
  • With Myrto: Eucleia
  • With Palantho of Hyperborea: Latinus.
  • With Parthenope, daughter of Stymphalus: Everes.
  • With Phialo: Aechmagoras.
  • With Psophis: Echephron and Promachus.
  • With Rhea, Italian priestess: Aventinus.
  • With Tinge, wife of Antaeus: Sophax
  • 50 daughters of Thespius: 50 sons
  • Celtic woman: Galates
  • Slave of Omphale: Alcaeus/Cleodaeus.

 

  • With unknown mothers:
    • Agylleus
    • Amathous
    • Azon
    • Chromis
    • Cyrnus
    • Dexamenus
    • Leucites
    • Manto
    • Pandaie
    • Phaestus (or son of Rhopalus).

 

Heracles, driven temporarily mad by Hera, killed his children and (maybe) wife Megara. As penance Heracles had to serve his cruel uncle Eurystheus, king of Tiryns, and perform “the twelve labors of Heracles“:
  1. Slay the Nemean Lion
  2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra
  3. Capture the Ceryneian Hind
  4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar
  5. Clean the Augean stables in a single day
  6. Slay the Stymphalian Birds
  7. Capture the Cretan Bull
  8. Steal the Mares of Diomedes
  9. Obtain the girdle of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons
  10. Obtain the cattle of the monster Geryon
  11. Steal the apples of the Hesperides
  12. Capture and bring back Cerberus.

After completing the labors Heracles may have sailed with the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece.
Hercules was killed by the poisoned shirt of Nessus, which Deianeira naïvely gave to him, and he burnt to death. Zeus made Hercules immortal and he rose to Mount Olympus. One of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.

Hermes
(Argeiphontes)
Mercury God of animal husbandry, travel, trade, athletics, Language, thievery, good luck, Guide of the dead. Herald of the Gods. Olympian Male
  • Zeus and Maia nymph
  • or Dionysus and Aphrodite9*.
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Artemis
  • Aphrodite
  • Athena
  • Dionysus
  • Hebe
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Hephaestus
  • Perseus
  • Minos
  • the Muses
  • the Charities.
Hermes' Consorts
  • Acalle/Acacallis (daughter of King Minos)
  • Alcidamia, Agraulus12* or Pandrosus2*
  • Antianeira
  • Aphrodite
  • Aptale
  • Carmenta
  • Chione
  • Chthonophyle
  • Erytheia
  • Merope
  • Daira
  • Dryope
  • Eupolemeia
  • Herse
  • Iphthime nymph
  • Ocyrrhoe (Oceanid nymph)
  • Phylodameia (minor Danaid)
  • Peitho
  • Hecate
  • Penelope
  • Palaestra
  • Polymele
  • Rhene (nymph)
  • Thronia/Thronie (nymph).
  • With Acalle/Acacallis: Cydon
  • With Alcidamia: Bounos/Bunus (King of Corinth)
  • With Agraulus12* or Pandrosus2*: Ceryx (Lord of Attica and first Herald of the Eleusinian Mysteries)
  • With Antianeira:
    • Echiones and Eurytus (Argonauts)
  • With Aphrodite:
    • Pan
    • Hermaphroditus
    • Tyche
    • Abderus/Abderos
    • Priapus
  • With Aptale: Eurestos
  • With Carmenta: Evander of Pallene
  • With: Chione: Autolycus
  • With Chthonophyle: Polybus (King of Sicyon)
  • With Daira: Eleusis
  • With Herse: Cephalus (Lord of Attica)
  • With Erytheia: Norax/Norace (Prince of Iberia)
  • With Eupolemeia: Aethalides (herald of the Argonauts)
  • With: Iphthime nymph:
    • the Satyrs:
      • Lycus
      • Pherespondus
      • Pronomus.
  • With Ocyrrhoe: Caicus
  • With Phylodameia: Pharis (founder of Pharae, Messene)
  • With Polymele: Eudoros (Greek commander in the Trojan war95*)
  • With Rhene: Saon (first King of Samothrace island)
  • With Thronia/Thronie: Arabos (first King of Arabia)

 

  • With unknown mothers:
    • Angelia
    • Palaestra
    • Phaunos
    • Daphnis (mortal who invented pastoral or bucolic poetry).
Hermes could move freely between the mortal and divine worlds – ideal for passing messages and conducting souls into the afterlife.
Hermes rescued Io from the primordial hundred eyed giant Argos Panoptes.
Hermes helped create Pandora (the first human woman) and deliver her as a gift to Epimetheus. Hermes helped Perseus in his quest to slay the monster Medusa. Hermes guided Heracles to the underworld in his mission to fetch the Cerberos.
Hestia Vesta Virgin Goddess of: home, hearth, family, meals, sacrificial offerings. Olympian Female Cronus and Rhea.
  • Zeus
  • Hera
  • Poseidon
  • Hades
  • Demeter
  • Chiron.
Virgin None Hestia is the eldest of the 12 Olympian gods, known for her kindness.
Hypnos
(Hypnus)
Somnus Personification of Sleep. spirit / daimon Male
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Nemesis
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos (twin brother)
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.
Pasithea
  • the Oneiroi:
    • Morpheus
    • Phobetor
    • Phantasos.
Hypnos lived in a cave, next to his twin brother Thanatos, in the underworld. The river Lethe (Forgetfulness) runs through the cave and outside there are poppies and other sleep-inducing plants.

Hypnos tricked Zeus twice at the request of Hera. The first time Hypnos put Zeus to sleep while Hera caused a storm to send Heracles, Zeus’ son, off course when sailing home from Troy. Zeus tried to find Hypnos but he hid with his mother Nyx.

The second time Hera offered Pasithea for this wife. Hypnos put Zeus to sleep at the moment Zeus embraced Hera, because Hera enchanted him using a charm from Aphrodite. Hynos immediately told Poseidon he could now help the Greeks and they won the Trojan war95*. Zeus didn’t find out he had been tricked again.

Iris Arcus Goddess of the rainbow. Messenger of the Gods. Sky Goddess Female Thaumas (Wondrous) and Electra (Amber, a cloud nymph).
  • Arce (twin sister)
  • the Harpies:
    • Aello
    • Celaeno
    • Ocypete.
Zephyrus (West wind) Pothos10*(one of Aphrodite’s Erotes representing longing or yearning). Iris travelled on a rainbow to carry divine messages to mortals. Iris was a cup-bearer of the gods. Iris is depicted as a beautiful young woman with golden wings often carrying a pitcher of water from the River Styx. In the Titanomachy96* Iris fought with the Olympians as a messenger while Iris’ twin sister Arce sided with the Titans.
Mnemosyne Moneta Goddess of memory and remembrance. Titaness Elder Female. Uranus and Gaia.
  • Oceanus
  • Hyperion
  • Coeus
  • Iapetus
  • Theia
  • Rhea
  • Themis
  • Phoebe
  • Tethys
  • Cronus.
Zeus
  • the Muses (Olympian).
The word mnemonic was derived from her. Oracular goddess of the underground oracle of Trophonios, Boeotia.
Momus Querella God of mockery and censure, ridicule, scorn, complaint and harsh criticism. Olympian Male
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Moros
    • Nemesis
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.
Momus found fault with everything. In one Aesop’s Fable (Perry index 455), the only thing he could find wrong with the goddess Aphrodite was that her sandals squeaked. Momus was blamed for stirring stirring up the Trojan war95* to reduce the human population and was expelled from Mount Olympus. Often depicted as lifting a mask from his face.
Moros
(Morus)
Fatum Doom, fate. primordial Male
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Nemesis
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.
Moros was omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent and drives mortals to their deadly fate. Momus was feared by all the gods who feared what he would do to them and because once a decree had been made it was destiny and could not be changed. Prometheus is credited with saving mankind by taking foresight of his own doom away and replacing it with false hope21* (elpis) from Pandora’s jar/box.
Nemesis Invidia Goddess of Vengeance and Retribution, indignation, for evil and undeserved good fortune. Personification of resentment. spirit / daimona Female
  • Erebus and Nyx
  • or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • or a daughter of Oceanus or Zeus.
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.

 

  • Zeus3&6*,
  • Tartarus22*
  • With Zeus: Helen of Troy
  • With Tartarus: The Telchines.
Nemesis bought sorrow to mortals who succumbed to hubris (arrogance before the gods) including Narcissus, a beautiful but arrogant hunter who disdained the ones who loved him. Nemesis lured him to a pool where Narcissus saw his own reflection and fell in love with it, unable to leave he eventually died.
Nike Victoria Personification and Goddess of victory. Olympian and spirit / daimona Female Pallas and Styx
  • Zelus (Zeal)
  • Cratos (Strength)
  • Bia (Force).
Nike was a winged goddess of victory in war and games and a divine charioteer. Nike flew over battlefields giving glory to the victors. Nike, along with Zelus, Cratos and Bia were the sentinels of Zeus’ throne.
Nyx Nox Night. primordial Female Chaos1&10*, Phanes9* Erebus, Gaia, Tartarus Erebus (her brother).
  • With Erebus:
    • Aether1&7*
    • Hemera1&7*
    • Eros3*
    • Eleos (Compassion),
    • Sophrosyne (Moderation)3*,
    • Epiphron (Prudence)
    • Styx3*
    • Dolos (Trickery)3*
    • Eleos (Pity, mercy)3*
    • Hubris/Hybris (Insolence)3*
  • Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Moros (Doom)
    • Ker
    • Brothers:
      • Thanatos (Non-violent death)
      • Hypnos (Sleep)
      • Charon (Ferryman of Hades).
    • the Oneiroi (Dream spirits)
    • Momus (Ridicule)
    • Oizys (Misery)
    • the Hesperides
    • the Moirai (Fates)
    • the Keres
    • the Erinyes21*
    • Nemesis (Retribution)11*
    • Apate
    • Philotes (Friendship)
    • Geras (Old age)
    • Eris (Strife)
    • Hecate (Magic, witchcraft, ghosts)22*
  • With Cronus: Hemera22*
  • From Orphic world egg:
    • Eros
    • Aether.
  • In the Orphic cosmogony: Uranus
  • Nyx alone (Orphic cosmogony):
    • Astra Planeta / Five planets / Wandering Stars:
      • Phainon (Saturn)
      • Phaethon (Jupiter)
      • Pyroeis (Mars)
      • Eosphoros/Hesperos (Venus)
      • Stilbon (Mercury).
Out of Chaos darkness (Erebus) and night (Nyx) appeared.
Night (and day) were imagined as real substances and separate from the sun in ancient Greek cosmogony. Every day Nyx (night) left Tartarus just as Hemera (day) entered and vice versa1*
Oceanus Oceanus God of the river. Titan Male
  • Uranus and Gaia
  • or Aether and Gaia3*
  • Coeus
  • Crius
  • Hyperion
  • Iapetus
  • Theia
  • Rhea
  • Themis
  • Mnemosyne
  • Phoebe
  • Tethys
  • Cronus
  • the Cyclopes
  • the Hekatonkheires.
  • Tethys
  • Parthenope
  • With Tethys:
    • the Oceanids
    • the Potamoi
    • Metis3*
    • the Nephelae (Oceanid-nymphs of clouds and rain).
  • With Parthenope:
    • Thrace (has sister Europa)
  • With unknown mother:
    • the Aurae (Breezes, nymphs).
Titan of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth. Source of all Earth’s fresh-water.
Oceanus and his brothers Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus and Cronus were banished to Tartarus, the lowest level of Hades by Zeus after they were overthrown in the Titanomachy96* against the Olympians.
Oizys Miseria Personified spirit/daimon of Misery, woe, distress and suffering. spirit /daimona Female
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Nemesis
    • Philotes
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.

 

Nyx (alone) Oizys was evil-minded and spiteful.
Pan (aka Aegipan) Faunus God of fields, groves, wooded glens, the wild, forest, pasture, shepherds, flocks, goats, hunting and rustic music (pan-pipes), theatrical criticism and associated to fertility, Spring and male sexuality. Male.
  • Hermes and Penelope3,6,17,18*
  • or Apollo and Penelope19*
  • or Hermes and Driope/Dryope, Aphrodite or Hecate.
  • Other possible fathers are Zeus or Dionysus.
  • Circe
  • Laertes
  • the Maenads
  • the Satyrs (hybrid creatures).
  • Syrinx
  • Echo
  • Peitho
  • Pitys
  • Eupheme.
  • With Echo or Peitho: Iynx
  • With Eupheme: Krotos
  • Silenos (maybe)
  • Xanthus and 11 other sons allied with Dionysus.
Pan’s parentage is uncertain, so uncertain it’s possible there is more than one Pan. Pan lived in rustic Arcadia and had the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat.

Pan tried to seduce Syrinx, a beautiful nymph, but she managed to escape to her sisters who turned her into a reed which, as the air blew through, produced a sad mournful melody. Unsure which reed she had become Pan took 7 (or 9) reeds, cut them into various lengths, and fashioned them into the first Syrinx (pan-pipes) and he was seldom seen without it.

The word “panic” is derived from Pan‘s name and he claimed credit for the Athenians victory over the Persians in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) because his angry shout/screech caused panic amongst his enemies.

Persephone Proserpina Queen of the Underworld. Goddess of the Afterlife, Spring Growth, Grain. Female Zeus and Demeter.
  • Areion (stallion)
  • Athena
  • Aphrodite
  • Apollo
  • Artemis
  • Ares
  • the Horae
  • the Muses
  • the Charites
  • the Moirai
  • Hermes
  • Hephaestus
  • Dionysos
  • Heracles
  • Helen of Troy
  • Perseus
  • Hebe
  • Enyo*
  • Eris
  • Eileithyia
  • Plutus.
  • Hades
  • Zeus (by deception and as serpent in the Orphic cosmogony9*).
  • With Zeus: Melinoë (Zeus disguised as Hades9*)
  • With Zeus: Zagreus (Zeus in serpent form9*).
Persephone was abducted by Hades to be his wife and Queen of the underworld. Demeter cursed the world causing the land to become barren and plants to wither and die. Zeus tried to return Persephone from the underworld but unfortunately Persephone had eaten seeds of a pomegranate, given to her by Hades, so she was bound to the underword for a third of each year (Winter). Demeter, withdraws her gifts from the world until Persephone‘s return each Spring.
Philotes Personification of friendship and affection. spirit / daimona Female
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Oizys
    • Nemesis
    • Thanatos
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.
Philotês in Greek is an alternative meaning for the spirit of sexual intercourse so Philotes may have been a goddess of sexual intercourse. The opposite goddess was Neikea (Arguments).
Phoebe
(Phoibe)
Goddess of prophecy and oracular intellect. Titaness Elder Male Uranus and Gaia.
  • Oceanus
  • Hyperion
  • Crius
  • Coeus
  • Iapetus
  • Theia
  • Rhea
  • Themis
  • Mnemosyne
  • Tethys
  • Cronus.
Coeus
  • Lelantos (father of Aura by Periboa)
  • Leto (Goddess of Womanly Demure and Motherhood)
  • Asteria3* (a star-goddess. mother of Hecate, her only child).
According to some accounts Phoebe (after Daphnis and Themis) was the third preistess or “Pythia”, commonly known as the “Oracle of Delphi”, to serve as the oracle at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Phoebe eventually passed her seat to Apollo, her grandson, who was the last to hold it.
Associated with the moon and the Endymion myth.
Phorcys
(Phorkys)
God of sea dangers (the old man of the sea) Sea god Male Pontos and Gaia.
  • Nereus
  • Thaumas
  • Ceto
  • Eurybia.
Ceto (his sister)
  • the Hesperides
  • the Gorgons
  • the Graeae/Graiai/Phorkides (grey-haired old crones)
  • Thoosa (sea nymph)
  • Echidna
  • Ladon (serpent-like Dragon)
  • the Phorkides
  • Skylla (sea monster)
  • and all sea monsters.
Phorcys was a fish-tailed god, depicted as a grey-haired, with crab-like skin and crab-claw forelegs. his offspring were dangerous sea monsters. His attribute was a torch.
Plutus
(Ploutos)
God of wealth Male Iasion and Demeter (or Tyche and Demeter)
  • Persephone
  • Despoina
  • Arion (fast horse)
  • Philomelus
  • Eubuleus
  • Iacchus
Plutus was blinded by Zeus so he would distribute wealth fairly. Plutus is associated with Plouton (Pluton) the god Hades (Haides).
Poseidon Neptune King of the Seas. God of rivers, earthquakes and horses. Olympian Male Cronus and Rhea.
  • Zeus
  • Hera
  • Hades
  • Hestia
  • Demeter
  • Chiron.
Divine consorts:
Divine consorts:
  • Amphitrite (wife and Queen of the sea)
  • Aphrodite
  • Demeter
  • Gaia
  • Halie/Halia (sea-goddess, daughter of Thalassa)
  • Helle3*/Athamantis (mortal deified as sea-goddess)
  • Keroessa/Ceroessa (daughter of Zeus and Io)
  • Nerites (lover, sea god).
Giant consorts:
Giant consorts:
  • Thoosa.
Nymph consorts:
Nymph consorts:
  • Aba
  • Alcyone (Pleiades)
  • Amphimedusa (Danaid)
  • Amymone (Danaid)
  • Arethusa (Nereid)
  • Ascre
  • Beroe (Oceanid, no offspring)
  • Callirrhoe/Callirhoe (wife and Naiad)
  • Celaeno (Pleiades)
  • Celaeno (Danaid)
  • Diopatra (no offspring)
  • Eidothea
  • Euryte/Bathycleia
  • Kleodora/Cleodora (Thriai)
  • Khione/Chione (daughter of Boreas)
  • Korkyra/Corcyra24* (Naiad)
  • Larissa (Princess of Argos)
  • Melia (Ash tree)
  • Mideia
  • Olbia 34*
  • Peirene (Naiad, daughter of Asopus23&24*, Oebalus12* or Achelous12*)
  • Pero6*/Kelousa
  • Pitane3*/Lena
  • Rhode27*
  • Salamis24* (Daughter of Asopus)
  • Satyrion.
Mortal consorts:
Mortal consorts:
  • Aethra/Aithra (daughter of King Pittheus)
  • Agamede2* (physcian)
  • Alistra27*
  • Alope3*
  • Arene
  • Arne (mortal) / Melanippe (foal)
  • Astydameia (daughter of Phorbas, princess of Olenos)
  • Astypalaea3*(daughter of Phoenix)
  • Budeia/Boudeia/Buzyge (daughter of Lycus28&31*)
  • Caeneus (no offspring)
  • Calchinia (daughter of Leucippus12*)
  • Calyce / Harpale / Scamandrodice (daughter of Hecaton)
  • Canace6* (daughter of Aiolos)
  • Cerebia27*
  • Cleito (daughter of Evenor and Leucippe)
  • Coronis (no offspring)
  • Europa/Mecionice (Lady of Hyria, daughter of Tityos)
  • Euryale1&3* (daughter of Minos, King of Crete)
  • Eurycyda (daughter of Endymion)
  • Eurynome/Eurymede (daughter of Nisos, King of Megara)
  • Hermippe28*(daughter of Boeotus)
  • Hippothoe3*
  • Iphimedeia 2,3&19*(daughter of Triopas of Thessaly)
  • Khrysogeneia / Chrysogeneia (daughter of Almos, princess of Orchomenus3*)
  • Laodice33* (no offspring)
  • Leis (Daughter of Orus, princess of Troezen11*)
  • Libya (daughter of King Epaphus of Egypt)
  • Lysianassa/Anippe (Daughter of Epaphus)
  • Melantheia (Daughter of Alpheus)
  • Melantho (maid of Penelope)
  • Mestra (a shapeshifter, gift from Poseidon4* , no offspring)
  • Molione
  • Mytilene 34*(daughter of Pelops or Macareus)
  • Tyro (daughter of Salmoneus)
  • Oenope (daughter of Epopeus and Lady of Onchestus)
  • Ossa
  • Patroclus38* (King of Opus, lover)
  • Pelops (King of Pisa, lover)
  • Periboea (daughter of Giant Eurymedon2*)
  • Phoenice
  • Pronoe34*(Daughter of Asopus)
  • Rhodope(Daughter of Strymon, Queen Rhodope of Thrace)
  • Syme24*
  • Themisto (Lady of Athamantia)
  • Theophane 3*(Daughter of Bisaltes)
  • Thyia1* (Daughter of Deucalion, no offspring)
  • Unnamed daughter of Amphictyon.
Divine offspring:
  • With Amphitrite:
    • Triton/Triden (merman messenger)
    • Benthesikyme6*
    • Rhode16 (or with Aphrodite or Halia)
    • Cymopoleia, Haliad nymph
  • With Aphrodite:
    • (possibly) Herophile the Sibyl, nymph
    • Rhode (or with Amphitrite or Halia)
  • With Demeter:
    • Areion (immortal talking horse)
    • Despoine (goddess)
    • Pelasgos (King of Arcadia)
    • Euadne (princess of Arcadia)
  • With Gaia:
    • Antaeus
    • Charybdis (sea-monster)
    • Laestrygon (founder of the Laestrygonians)
  • With Keroessa/Ceroessa:
    • Byzas (founder and ruler of Byzantium / Constantinople / Istanbul)
  • With Halie/Halia:
    • Rhode (or with Amphitrite or Aphrodite)
    • the Daimones Proseoous (6 sea gods)
  • With Gorgon Medusa:
    • Chrysaor (married to Callirrhoe)
    • Pegasus (winged horse)
  • With Pero6*or Kelousa:
    • Asopus (river god, the most likely parents are Oceanus and Tethys)
  • With unknown mother:
    • Proteus (primordial god, “old man of the sea”)
  • With unknown mother:
    • Ourea3* (nymph).

Giant offspring:

  • With Thoosa:
    • Polyphemus (Giant, Cyclops).

Mortal offspring:

  • With Aba:
    • Ergiscus/Ergiskos20*
  • With Aethra/Aithra (and Aegeus):
    • Theseus (King of Athens
  • With Agamede2*:
    • Dictys3* (Prince of Elis)
  • With Alcyone:
    • Hyrieus (Lord of Hyria)
    • Hyperenor, Lycus (Lord of Thebes)
    • Aethusa (Lady of Eleutherai)
    • Hyperes
    • Anthas (Lord of Anthedon)
    • Glaucus14* (prophetic sea-god)
  • With Alistra27*:
    • Ogygus (possibly)
  • With Alope3*:
    • Hippothoon (King of Eleusis, Attic hero)
  • With Amphimedusa:
    • Erythras
  • With Amymone:
    • Nauplius (founder of Nauplia)
  • With Arene:
    • Idas6*
  • With Arne:
    • twins Aeolus and Boeotus
  • With Arethusa:
    • Abas3* (King of Euboea)
  • With Ascre:
    • Oeoclus11* (Lord of Ascre)
  • With Astydameia:
    • Caucon29* (Prince of Olenos or Messenia)
  • With Astypalaea:
    • Ancaeus (King of Samos, Argonaut helmsman30*)
    • Eurypylus of Kos3*
  • With Budeia/Boudeia/Buzyge:
    • Erginus (King of Minyan Orchomenus)28*
  • With Calchinia:
    • Peratus12* (King of Sicyon)
  • With Callirrhoe:
    • Minyas27*
  • With Calyce / Harpale / Scamandrodice:
    • Cycnus3* (defender of Troy)
  • With Canace: (Kings of Thessalia6*)
    • Aloeus
    • Hopleus
    • Nireus
    • Triopas
    • Epopeus (King of Sicyonia)
  • With Celaeno (Pleiad or daughter of Ergeus):
    • Lycus and Nycteus6* (Co-Regents of Thebes)
    • Lycaon
    • Eurypylus/Eurytus28* (King of Cyrene)
  • With Celaeno (Danaid):
    • Celaenus
  • With Cerebia:
    • Polydectes27* (Ruler of Seriphos)
  • With Cleito25*: (10 Co-Kings of Atlantis):
    • Ampheres
    • Atlas
    • Autochthon
    • Azaes
    • Diaprepes
    • Elasippus
    • Euaemon
    • Eumelus (Gadeirus)
    • Mestor
    • Mneseus
  • With Eidothea:
    • Euseirus
  • With Europa / Mecionice:
    • Euphemus (Lord of Hyria or Boiotia or Psamathus. Argonaut)
  • With Euryale:
    • Orion1&3* (giant Prince of Hyria)
  • With Eurycyda:
    • Eleius (King of the Epeans)
  • With Eurynome/Eurymede :
    • Bellerophon (hero)
  • With Euryte/Bathycleia:
    • Halirrhothius (killed by Ares)
  • With Helle/Athamantis:
    • Almops (King of Almopia)
    • Edonus3* (King of Edonia)
    • Paion3* (King of Paionia)
  • With Hippothoe:
    • Taphius (founder of Taphos)
  • With Iphimedeia:
    • The Aloadae: Otus and Ephialtes
  • With Kleodora/Cleodora:
    • Parnassus12* (Lord of Parnassos)
  • With Khione/Chione:
    • Eumolpus3* (Thracian king, founder of city of Eumolpias/Eumolpiada)
  • With Khrysogeneia / Chrysogeneia:
    • Khryses/Chryses (King of Orchomenus, one possible father of Minyas3*)
  • With Korkyra/Corcyra:
    • Phaeax/Phaiax24* (King of the Phaeacians)
  • With Hermippe:
    • Minyas3* (King of Orchomenus, possibly son of Poseidon and Callirhoe27*)
  • With Larissa: Lords of Argos:
    • Achaeus
    • Pelasgus (founder of the Thessalian Argos)
    • Pythius.
  • With Leis:
    • Altephus11* (King of Althepia)
  • With Libya:
    • Agenor
    • Belus
    • Lelex (King of Laconia, demigod).
  • With Lysianassa/Anippe:
    • Busiris (King of Egypt, killed by Heracles6*).
  • With Melantheia:
    • Eirene
  • With Melantho:
    • Delphus27* (or Apollo and Celaeno or unknown father and Thyia or Melanis).
  • With Melia:
    • Amycus (King of the Bebryces, a boxer3&6*)
      Mygdon (King of the Bebryces, killed by Heracles6*).
  • With Mideia:
    • Aspledon (Lord of Aspledon)
  • With Molione: The Molionides:
    • Eurytus
    • Cteatus
  • With Mytilene:
    • Myton
  • With Olbia:
    • Astacus (founder of Astacus, Bithynia)
  • With Oenope:
    • Megareus (Lord of Onchestus)
  • With Ossa:
    • Sithon (or Ares and Anchiroe35*)
  • With Peirene: Lords of Corinthia:
    • Cenchrias
    • Leches
  • With Periboea:
    • Nausithous (King of the Phaeacians)
  • With Pitane/Lena:
    • Evadne/Euadne (raised by Aepytus of Arcadia, son Lamus “Boy of the Violets” founded the Iamidae seers)
  • With Phoenice:
    • Torone34*)
  • With Pronoe:
    • Phocus34* (hero of Phocis)
  • With Rhode27*:
    • Cameirus
    • Ialysus
    • Lindus.
  • With Rhodope:
    • Athos32*
  • With Salamis:
    • Cychreus (maybe King of Salamis)
  • With Satyrion:
    • Taras (founder of Taras)
  • With Syme:
    • Chthonius24* (founder of colony on island of Syme, after his mother).
  • With Themisto:
    • Leucon (Prince of Athamantia).
  • With Theophane:
    • Ram of the Golden Fleece3* (which carried Phrixus to Colchis).
  • With Tyro:
    • Neleus (King of Pylos)
    • Pelias (King of Iolcus).
  • With unnamed daughter of Amphictyon:
    • Cercyon (King of Eleusis).
  • With unnamed Nymph:
    • Chios (founder of the island of Chios).
  • With unnamed Nymph of Chios:
    • Agelus (Lord of Chios)
    • Malina
    • Melas (Lord of Chios).

Poseidon’s offspring from unknown consorts:

  • Albion/Alebion and brother Dercynus/Bergion
  • Amphimarus11*
  • Amyrus
  • Aon (Boeotian hero)
  • Calaurus34*
  • Dicaeus (founder of Dicaea in Thrace)
  • Albion/Alebion, Dercynus/Bergion
  • Messapus36* (horse tamer)
  • Onchestus11&34* (founder of Onchestus)
  • Palaestinus37* (father of Haliacmon)
  • Phorbas20,31,38* (of Acarnania)
  • Poltys13&34* and Sarpedon28*(Thracian brothers)
  • Procrustes/Damastes (torturer)
  • Sciron4* (bandit)
  • Syleus6,24,27* (of Aulis, a villian)
  • Taenarus28*

 

According to some accounts Poseidon, like Zeus, was also hidden by Rhea at birth and entrusted to Caphira (an Oceanid) and the Telchines to raise but others say he was swallowed whole by Cronus at birth just as Hestia, Hera, Hades and Demeter were.

Following the Olympians victory over the Titans Poseidon was given the Sea and received a trident from the Cyclopes. Poseiden built a fence with bronze gates around Tartarus to imprison the Titans.

Poseiden had various land disputes with Helios over Corinth, Hera over Argos, Athena over Troezen and Attica and also with Zeus over Thetis. Themis (or the Morae or Proteus) prophesied the son born of Thetis would be mightier than his father so they both backed off. Zeus told his grandson Peleus to marry Thetis and they gave birth to Achilles who did turn out to be mightier than his father.

When Poseidon decided to marry Amphitrite (an Oceanid, nymph) she fled to Atlas because she wanted to remain a virgin. Amphitrite was eventually found by Delphin (sea god and leader of the dolphins) who persuaded her to marry Poseidon and organized the wedding. Poseidon rewarded Delphin by placing the constellation Delphinus in the sky.

Poseidon and Apollo were punished by Zeus for participating in one of Hera’s rebellious schemes. They were stripped of divine authority and sent to serve King Laomedon of Troy who made them build the walls of Troy for reward but when he refused to pay Poseidon sent a sea monster to destroy Troy which was slain by Heracles.

Poseiden sent a sea monster against the Teucrians because Hierax was devoted to Demeter and would not honour him. When Queen Cassiopea boasted she was better than the Nereids he sent a flood and sea-monster to invade the land.

Poseiden and Atlas were also connected to the legend of Atlantis where the first ten kings of Atlantis (five pairs of twins) were all sons of Poseidon and Cleito. Atlas was born first and appointed king over the rest and the island was named after him. Poseiden is one of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.

Prometheus Promitheas God of forethought. Titan 2nd Gen. Male Iapetus and Clymene.
  • Atlas
  • Menoetius and his twin Epimetheus
  • maybe Anchiale.
Prometheus protected and looked after mankind. At Mecone he tricked Zeus into claiming the inedible parts of sacrificial animals leaving the nourishing parts for eternity to mankind. Zeus was furious and hid fire from mortals but Prometheus stole it back which caused Zeus to ask Hephaestus to create Pandora, the first woman, to bring troubles to mankind and condemned Prometheus to eternal punishment, from which he was saved by Hercules.
Rhea Ops Mother of gods. Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds. Titaness Elder Female Uranus and Gaia.
  • Cronus
  • Oceanus
  • Coeus
  • Crius
  • Hyperion
  • Iapetus
  • Theia
  • Themis
  • Tethys
  • Mnemosyne
  • Phoebe.
Cronus (brother)
  • Poseidon
  • Hera
  • Hades
  • Hestia
  • Demeter
  • Zeus.
Rhea hid Zeus from Cronus in a cave in Crete guarded by the Curetes.
Rhea was skilled in wrestling and cast Queen Eurynome into the Underworld.
Selene Luna Goddess of the moon. Titaness 2nd Gen. Female Hyperion and Theia.
  • Helios
  • Eos.
  • Zeus
  • Helios (brother)
  • Pan
  • Endymion.
  • With brother Helios: The Horae (Seasons):
    • Eiar (Spring)
    • Theros (Summer)
    • Phthinoporon (Autumn/Fall)
    • Cheimon (Winter).
Selene was associated with Artemis and Hecate – all three regarded as lunar goddesses. Selene drove a chariot across the heavens like Helios the Sun god.
Styx Goddess of the River Styx. Titaness 2nd Gen. Female
  • Oceanus and Tethys
  • or Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Oceanus alone.
  • the Oceanids
  • the Potamoi.
Pallus
  • With Pallus:
    • Zelus (Zeal)
    • Nike (Victory)
    • Kratos
    • Bia.
  • Possible offspring from other accounts:
    • Scylla
    • Eos
    • Fontes
    • Lacus.
Styx was the first to side with Zeus and the Olympians in the Titanomachy96* against the Titans. After victory she was honored by Zeus who added Styx to the binding oath sworn by the gods.

The River Styx forms the boundary between the underworld and earth. Achilles was immersed in the River Styx by, his mother Thetis, to make him immortal. Holding him by the heel left his Achilles’ heel vulnerable.

Tethys Goddess of fresh-water, mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds. Titaness Elder Female Uranus and Gaia.
  • Oceanus
  • Coeus
  • Crius
  • Hyperion
  • Iapetus
  • Theia
  • Rhea
  • Themis
  • Mnemosyne
  • Phoebe
  • Cronus.
Oceanus (brother).
  • With Oceanus:
    • the Potamoi (3000 river gods)
    • the Oceanids (3000 sea nymphs).
Tethys was mother of the Rivers and Springs.
Thanatos Mors Personification of Non-violent death. spirit / daimon Male
  • Erebus and Nyx3*
  • or Nyx1* alone by parthenogenesis99*
  • From Erebus and Nyx:
    • Aether
    • Hemera
    • the Keres
    • the Hesperides
    • the Oneiroi.
  • From Nyx by parthenogenesis99*:
    • Apate
    • Eris
    • Geras
    • Hypnos
    • Momus
    • Moros
    • Oizys
    • Philotes
    • Nemesis
    • the Hesperides
    • the Keres
    • the Moirai
    • the Oneiroi.

 

Thanatos was the twin brother of Hypnos.
Themis Themis Personification of divine law and order, natural law and custom. Titaness Elder Female
  • Uranus and Gaia
  • or Aether and Gaia3*
  • Oceanus
  • Coeus
  • Crius
  • Hyperion
  • Iapetus
  • Theia
  • Rhea
  • Tethys
  • Mnemosyne
  • Phoebe.
Zeus
  • The Horae1&6* (2nd Gen. Triad)
  • the Moirai1&6* (Fates).
Themis established the rules of conduct for the gods and was a trusted advisor for Zeus. As the divine voice and oracle, including Delphi, Themis also laid down the laws of justice and morality for mankind. Themis was closely associated with Demeter.
Tyche Fortuna Goddess of fortune, chance and luck. Olympian Female Oceanus and Tethys. Maybe Plutus.
Uranus
(Ouranus)
Caelus God of the heavens. Father of the Titans. primordial Male
  • Gaia or Aether and Gaia
  • or Aether and Hemera
  • or Nyx.
Gaia
  • the Twelve Titans
  • the Muses
  • the Cyclopes
  • the Hecatonchires
  • the Meliae (blood of Uranus)
  • The Erinyes (blood of Uranus)
  • the Gigantes (blood of Uranus)
  • Aphrodite (sea foam where Uranus‘ genitals fell).
Eldest son of Gaia. Introduced maleness to the world.
Zeus Jupiter, Jove King of Heaven. God of Sky, weather, fate and kingship. Olympian Male Cronos and Rhea.
  • Hera
  • Poseidon
  • Hades
  • Hestia
  • Demeter
  • Chiron.
Zeus' Consorts
  • Aega
  • Ananke
  • Themis
  • Aphrodite
  • Demeter
  • Dione
  • Thalassa
  • Eris
  • Eurynome
  • Gaia
  • Hera
  • Hebe
  • Leto
  • Maia
  • Metis
  • Mnemosyne
  • Nemesis
  • Persephone
  • Selene
  • Thalia
  • Eos
  • Callirhoe
  • Aegina
  • Alcmene
  • Antiope
  • Anaxithea
  • Asterope
  • Callisto
  • Calyce
  • Carme
  • Cassiopeia
  • Chaldene
  • Danaë
  • Dia
  • Elara
  • Electra
  • Europa
  • Eurymedousa
  • Euryodeia
  • Himalia
  • Idaea
  • Iodame
  • Io
  • Isonoe
  • Lamia
  • Lamia
  • Laodamia
  • Leda
  • Maera
  • Niobe
  • Othreis
  • Pandora
  • Phthia
  • Plouto
  • Podarge
  • Protogeneia (first born daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha6*)
  • Pyrrha
  • Semele
  • Taygete
  • Thyia
  • Torrhebia
  • African
  • Samothracian
  • Sithnid
  • Ganymede.
Divine offspring:
  • With Aega:
    • Aegipan
  • With Ananke (or Themis):
    • The Moirai
  • With Aphrodite: maybe Tyche
  • With Demeter: Persephone
  • With Dione or Thalassa: Aphrodite
  • With Eris: Limos
  • With Eurynome:
    • The Charities
  • With Gaia: Manes
  • With Hera:
    • Ares
    • Eileithyia
    • Hebe
    • Enyo
    • Eris
    • Hephaestus
    • maybe Angelos.
  • With Leto:
    • Apollo
    • Artemis.
  • With Maia: Hermes
  • With Metis: Athena
  • With Mnemosyne (Titan/Boeatian):
    • The Muses (Boeatian)
    • The Muses (Olympian).
  • With Nemesis: maybe Helen of Troy
  • With Persephone:
    • Zagreus21*
    • Melinoe (Zeus disguised as Hades9*).
  • With Selene:
    • Ersa
    • Nemean (Lion)
    • Pandia.
  • With Thalia: Palici (twins)
  • With Themis:
    • Astraea, Nymphs of Eridanos (river of Hades)
    • Nemesis
    • The Moirai
    • The Horae (1st & 2nd generation triads).
  • With Eos: Carae
  • With unknown mothers:
    • Aletheia (Roman: Veritas)
    • Ate
    • Caerus
    • the Litae.

Semi-divine/mortal children:

  • With Aegina: Aeacus Damocrateia
  • With Alcmene: Heracles
  • With Antiope: twins Amphion & Zethus
  • With Anaxithea: Olenus
  • With Oceanid Asterope: Acragas
  • With Callisto: Arcas
  • With Calyce: maybe Aethlius
  • With Carme: Britomartis
  • With Cassiopeia: Atymnius
  • With Chaldene:
    • maybe Solymus
    • Milye.
  • With Danaë: Perseus
  • With Dia: Pirithous (King of the Lapiths)
  • With Elara: Tityos (a giant)
  • With Electra:
    • Dardanus
    • Iasion
    • Harmonia.
  • With Europa:
    • Minos (King of Crete)
    • Rhadamanthus (King)
    • Sarpedon
    • Alagonia
    • Carnus
    • Dodon.
  • With Eurymedousa: Myrmidon
  • With Euryodeia: Arcesius
  • With Himalia:
    • Kronios
    • Spartaios
    • Kytos.
  • With Idaea, nymph: Cres
  • With Iodame: Thebe
  • With Io:
    • Epaphus
    • Keroessa.
  • With Isonoe: Orchomenus
  • With Lamia:
    • Acheilus
    • Phemonoe daughter of Poseidon (Libyan Sibyl).
  • With Laodamia: Sarpedon
  • With Leda:
    • Pollux
    • Helen of Troy.
  • With Maera: Locrus
  • With Niobe:
    • Argus (King of Argos)
    • Pelasgus of Arcadia.
  • With Othreis: Meliteus
  • With Pandora: Graecus
  • With Phthia (daughter of Phoroneus): maybe Achaeus
  • With Plouto: Tantalus
  • With Podarge: (immortal horses):
    • Balius
    • Xanthus.
  • With Protogeneia:
    • maybe Aethlius (first King of Elis)
    • Opus (king of the Epeians).
  • With Pyrrha: Hellen
  • With Semele: Dionysus
  • With Taygete: Lacedaemon (King of Laconia).
  • With Thyia:
    • Magnes
    • Makednos.
  • With Torrhebia: Carius
  • With African nymph: Iarbas
  • With Samothracian nymph: maybe Saon
  • With Sithnid Sithnid nymph: Megarus
  • With unknown mothers:
    • Brothers Calabrus, Geraestus and Taenarus
    • Corinthus (founder of Corinth)
    • Crinacus.
Zeus, and his brothers, overthrew his Titan father Cronus to become the Olympian supreme ruler of cosmos, the gods, the spiritual world, and all mortals. Using Aegis, his shield, Zeus could summon storms, tempests, darkness, thunder and lightning, rain and sunshine. Zeus was god of regulated time, as marked by night and day and the changing seasons rather than eternity.

Zeus took a paternal interest in the actions of mortals including their affairs of state, duties, disputes, misdeeds and punishments. On the one hand Zeus rewarded truth, fairness and charity and on the other he punished cruelty and perjury.

Zeus was never faithful to Hera and had love affairs and offspring with goddesses, nymphs, and mortals much to her chagrin.
Zeus was one of the most famous of all Greek gods and goddesses.

Family Tree of Greek Gods and Goddesses:

* Notes about Greek gods and goddesses:

  • This list is primarily compiled from the works of Hesiod (Theogony c700 BC) and Homer (Iliad and Odyssey 760-710 BC) because these authority sources are credited by ancient authors with establishing Greek religious customs. We have also referenced other sources, including later Roman sources, as indicated:
    1*Hesiod, Theogony. 2*Homer, Iliad. 3*Hyginus. 4*Roman poet Ovid, Metamorphoses. 5*Plato, Republic. 6*Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca. 7*Cicero. 8*Pherecydes of Syros (6th century BCE). 9*Orphic cosmogony. 10*Nonnus, Dionysiaca. 11*Pausanias and Varro. 12*Pausanias, Guide to Greece. 13*Strabo, Geography. 14*Athenaeus. 15*Fulgentius. 16*The Theoi Project. 17*Herodotus. 18* Cicero. 19*Pindar. 20*the Suda. 21*Aeschylus. 22*Bacchylides. 23*Greek poet Panyasis. 24*Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historian. 25*Plato, Apology 41a. 26*Euripides. 27*Tzetzes. 28*Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius. 29*Aelian, Historical Miscellany. 30*Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. 31*Scholia on Homer Iliad. 32*Scholia on Theocritus. 33*Roman poet Ovid, Heroides. 34*Stephanus Byzantinus. 35*Conon. 36*Virgil, Aeneid. 37*Plutarch. 38*Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women. 38*Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History. 39*Robert Graves, The Greek Myths.
    95*The Trojan war: Decade long war between the Achaeans (Greeks) and the Trojans (North West Anatolia, Turkey). The Trojans lost. 96*Titanomachy: Decade long war between Titan and Olympian gods. The Olympians won. AKA War of the Titans. 97*Gigantomachy: A later battle between the Gigantes and the Olympian gods. The Olympians won. 98*Protogenoi: First born, primordial deities without gender. 99*Parthenogenesis: asexual reproduction.
  • ADDucation’s list of the family tree of Greek Gods and Goddesses also includes some semi-divine (demi-gods) and mortals for clarity and completeness.
  • Latin spellings have been used throughout instead of the original Greek or Transliteration spellings, although some have been included for clarity.
  • In Greek mythology gods often desired mortal women and got what they wanted one way or another. Sometimes by seduction, sometimes in disguise and sometimes by rape/forced sex against their will. In many cases the myths are ambiguous.

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