Transcript Greek Gods Family Tree

Greek Gods Family Tree
Chaos
Key
Gaia
(Earth)
Tartarus
Lines
Single-parent birth
or unknown second
parent
Nyx
(Night)
Eros
Uranus
Mountains
Pontus
Aether
Phoebe
Hyperion
Erebus
Genealogies
Many Greek gods have conflicting genealogies. One example is
Aphrodite, who is sometimes said to be born “from the foam of
the sea” rather than from Zeus and Dione. Another is Clymene,
who either has six different parents or the name refers to six
distinct people.
Momus
(blame)
Hemera
Ponos
(woe)
Moros
(fate)
Thanatos
(death)
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Hypnos
(sleep)
The
Hesperides
The Keres
and Fates
Nemesis
Apate
(deception)
Philotes
(friendship)
Geras
(age)
Eris
(strife)
Two-parent birth
Relationship
or marriage
Boxes
No line
Line
Dashed
Line
Mortal family
tree, eventually
from Poseidon
6 generations,
eventually
from Epaphus
God(dess) or
important mortal
Typhon
Cronus
Rhea
Coeus
Hecatonchires
Iapetus
Oceanus
Echidna
Tethys
Oceanids
Electryon
Titan
Monster
The Cyclopes
Hades
Hestia
Semele
Licymnius
2
Hera
Poseidon
Demeter
Melia
Zeus
Leto
Epimetheus
Prometheus
Atlas
“Three-thousand sons and daughters”
Pleione
Alcmene
Dione
Dotted
Inachus
Io
Other
Box Color
Blue
Male
Pink
Female
Gray
Undermined
or Unknown
God of Olympus
Pleiades
Maia
Dionysus
Heracles
Ares
Hebe
1
Hephaestus
Persephone
Tyche
Athena
Rhodos
Epaphus
Peitho
Aphrodite
Eunomia
Apollo
Artemis
Hermaphroditus
Hermes
Abderus
Dryope or
Merope or Aero
Asterope
Calaeno
Electra
Alcyone
Taygete
Gods of Olympus Notes
1 Hebe resigned her place after she married Heracles.
2 Hades was considered an Olympian god but spent most of his
time in the underworld.
Pan
The Gods of Olympus occupied Mount Olympus.