Greek Gods Family Tree
Chaos
Key
Gaia (Earth)
Tartarus
Lines Single-parent birth or unknown second parent
Typhon
Nyx (Night)
Eros
Uranus
Mountains
Pontus
Aether
Erebus
Momus (blame)
Hemera
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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.
Ponos (woe)
Moros (fate)
Thanatos (death)
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
The Cyclopes
Rhea
Coeus
Phoebe
Hyperion
Hecatonchires
Iapetus
Oceanus
Echidna
Tethys
Oceanids
Electryon
Titan Monster
Cronus
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 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.