Family tree of the Greek gods

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[a]

Erebus Darkness

Nyx The Night

Moros Doom

the Oneiroi Dreams

Nemesis Retribution

Momus Blame

Philotes Affection

Geras Aging

Typhon

Uranus The Sky

the Ourea Mountains

Pontus The Sea

Aether Heaven

Hemera The Day

Thanatos Death

Hypnos Sleep

Eris Strife

Apate Deceit

Oizys Distress

the Erinyes

the Gigantes

the Meliae

Aphrodite[b]

the Hecatonchires

the Titans

the Cyclopes

Echidna

the Hesperides[c]

the Keres

the Moirae

Charon

Oceanus

Tethys

Hyperion

Theia

Coeus

Phoebe

Cronus

Rhea

Themis

Mnemosyne

Crius

Iapetus

the Oceanids

Clymene

Helios Sun

Eos Dawn

Asteria

Demeter

Hestia[d]

Hera

Prometheus

Epimetheus

Inachus

Melia

the Heliades

Selene Moon

Leto

Hades

Poseidon

Zeus

the Muses

Atlas

Io

Pleione

Apollo

Artemis

Persephone

Athena

Hebe

Hephaestus

Ares

Amphitrite

the Hyades

the Pleiades

Epaphus

Dione

Enyo

Eileithyia

Penelope

Maia

Alcmene

Semele

Hermes

Aphrodite[b]

Heracles

Dionysus[d]

Pan

Rhode

Peitho

Hermaphroditus

Eros[a]

Harmonia

Deimos

Anteros

Himeros

Phobos

Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians^[11] are given in bold font.

Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font

Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.

Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair.

Key: Solid lines show children.

See also

• Greek mythology
• List of Greek deities
• List of mortals in Greek mythology
• List of Greek mythological creatures
• Hesiod’s Theogony

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