Family_tree_of_the_Greek_gods

Family tree of the Greek gods

Family tree of the Greek gods

Mythological family tree

The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion.

Chaos
The Void
Tartarus
The Abyss		Gaia
The Earth		Eros
Desire[lower-alpha 1]		Erebus
Darkness		Nyx
The Night
Moros
Doom		Oneiroi
Dreams		Nemesis
Retribution		Momus
Blame		Philotes
Affection		Geras
Aging
TyphonUranus
The Sky		Ourea
Mountains		Pontus
The Sea		Aether
Heaven		Hemera
The Day
Thanatos
Death		Hypnos
Sleep		Eris
Strife		Apate
Deceit		Oizys
Distress
ErinyesGigantesMeliaeAphrodite[lower-alpha 2]HecatonchiresTitansCyclopesEchidnaHesperides[lower-alpha 3]KeresMoiraeCharon
OceanusTethysHyperionTheiaCoeusPhoebeCronusRheaThemisMnemosyneCriusIapetus
OceanidsClymeneHelios
Sun		Eos
Dawn		AsteriaDemeterHestia[lower-alpha 4]HeraPrometheusEpimetheus
InachusMeliaHeliadesSelene
Moon		LetoHadesPoseidonZeusMusesAtlas
IoPleione
ApolloArtemisPersephoneAthenaHebeHephaestusAres
AmphitriteHyadesPleiades
EpaphusDioneEnyoEileithyia
DryopeMaia
AlcmeneSemeleHermesAphrodite[lower-alpha 2]
HeraclesDionysus[lower-alpha 4]PanRhodePeithoHermaphroditusEros[lower-alpha 1]HarmoniaDeimos
AnterosHimerosPhobos

Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians[11] are given in bold font.
Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.

Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair.

Key: Solid lines show children.

See also

Notes

  1. There are conflicting stories regarding the origins of Eros. Eros is usually mentioned as the son of Aphrodite and Ares, but Hesiod's Theogony places him as one of the primordial beings which came after Chaos.[1]
  2. There are two major conflicting stories for Aphrodite's origins: Hesiod, in his Theogony, claims that she was "born" from the foam of the sea after Cronus castrated Uranus, thus making her Uranus' daughter;[2] Homer, however, in his Iliad, has Aphrodite as daughter of Zeus and Dione.[3] According to Plato, however, the two were entirely separate entities: Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos.[4]
  3. Hesiod puts Nyx as the mother of the Hesperides;[5] they are alternatively daughters of Nyx and Erebus,[6] of Atlas,[7] of Atlas and Hesperis,[8] of Phorcys and Ceto,[9] or of Zeus and Themis.[10]
  4. Either Hestia or Dionysus is considered the 12th Olympian.

References

  1. [1]
    Hesiod, Theogony 120.
  2. [2]
    Hesiod, Theogony 190–200.
  3. [3]
    Homer, Iliad 370.
  4. [4]
    Plato, Symposium, 180e.
  5. [5]
    Hesiod, Theogony 215.
  6. [6]
    Hyginus, Fabulae Preface; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.44.
  7. [7]
    Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.3.1 [= Pherecydes, fr. 33a (FGrHist, p. 79)].
  8. [8]
    Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.27.2.
  9. [9]
    scholia in Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 4.1399.
  10. [10]
    Scholiast on Euripides, Hippolytus 742 (Cavarezan, p. 288) [= Pherecydes fr. 16d Fowler (p. 286) = FGrH 3 F33a].
  11. [11]
    Ogden, Daniel (2010-02-01). A Companion to Greek Religion. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3417-3.
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