Hephaestus Family

Hephaestus Family Chart

See: Titans and Olympians

Family of Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking, according to Greek Mythology.

• Hera -&- (possibly Zeus)
  • Hephaestus -&- (many mates, listed below with offspring)
    • -&- ??
      • Pandora (First female known to man)
    • -&- Split Zeus' head with an ax
      • Athena
    • -&- Tried to procreate with Athena, but his semen fell onto the ground
      • Erichthonius (Half-serpent)
    • -&- Lernus
      • Palaemon (Argonaut)
    • -&- Anticleia (Daughter of Autolycus)
      • Periphetes (Epidaurian outlaw)
    • -&- ??
      • Ardalus (inventor] of the flute)

Notes:

• Hephaestus did not get as much action as the other Olympians
• -&- represents mate
• Bold gods are the key Hephaestus gods
• Information from "The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology" by Edward Tripp

• Family Tree of the Principal Gods of Greek Mythology
• Greek and Roman Mythology