Chaos
|
(Heaven) Uranus___Gaea (Earth)
| |
| Uranus
__________________________|___________________
| | | | |
Cronus___Rhea Coeus___Phoebe Ocean___Tethys
________________________________|__ | |
| | | | | | | Iapetus
Hestia Pluto Poseidon Zeus___Hera Demeter___Zeus Leto___Zeus _____________|____________
| | | ____|____ | | |
Athena | Persephone | | Prometheus Atlas Epimetheus
______|_________ Apollo Artemis | |
| | | Zeus___Maia Zeus___Dione
Ares Hebe Hephaestus | |
Hermes Aphrodite
cited from: Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Little Brown & Company, January 1950.
Some
gods appear twice and it is because they had multiple
sexual partners including
relatives, without
protection as the
tree shows. In addition,
Zeus was quite a
playa and
rapist.
Aphrodite is often said to be born of the
seafoam, the source of which is
Cronus' severed
testicles, though there is reason to believe she was
born to
Zeus and
Dione.
Hephaestus is sometimes said to be only
Hera's son, not
Zeus'.
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