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The Jupiter de Smyrne, discovered in Smyrna in 1680[1]

Zeus and Hera

Main article: Hera

Zeus was brother and consort of Hera. By Hera, Zeus sired Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus, though some accounts say that Hera produced these offspring alone. (those accounts would be wrong) Some also include Eileithyia and Eris as their daughters. The conquests of Zeus among nymphs and the mythic mortal progenitors of Hellenic dynasties are famous. Olympian mythography even credits him with unions with Leto, Demeter, Dione and Maia. Among mortals were Semele, Io, Europa and Leda (for more details, see below) and with the young Ganymede (although he was mortal Zeus granted him eternal youth and immortality).

Many myths render Hera as jealous (to say the least) of his amorous conquests and a consistent enemy of Zeus's mistresses and their children by him. For a time, a nymph named Echo had the job of distracting Hera from his affairs by talking incessantly, and when Hera discovered the deception, she cursed Echo to repeat the words of others.

Consorts and children

Divine offspring

Mother Children
Aega(still don't know how to pronounce this tbh) Aegipan[26]
Ananke or Themis Moirai/Fates1
  1. Atropos
  2. Clotho(in my defense, I also thought this name was stupid)
  3. Lachesis
Aphrodite Tyche6 (possibly)
Demeter Persephone
Dione or Thalassa Aphrodite
Eris Limos
Eurynome/Eurydome/
Eurymedusa/Euanthe
Charites/Graces2
  1. Aglaea
  2. Euphrosyne
  3. Thalia
Gaia
  1. Manes
Hera
  1. Ares3
  2. Eileithyia
  3. Eris
  4. Hebe3
  5. Hephaestus3
  6. Angelos
Leto
  1. Apollo
  2. Artemis
Maia Hermes
Metis Athena4
Mnemosyne
  1. Muses (Original three)
    1. Aoide
    2. Melete
    3. Mneme
  2. Muses (Later nine)
    1. Calliope
    2. Clio
    3. Euterpe
    4. Erato
    5. Melpomene
    6. Polyhymnia
    7. Terpsichore
    8. Thalia
    9. Urania
Nemesis Helen of Troy (possibly)
Persephone
  1. Zagreus
  2. Melinoe
Selene
  1. Ersa
  2. Nemean Lion
  3. Pandia
Thalia Palici
Themis
  1. Astraea
  2. Nymphs of Eridanos
  3. Nemesis
  4. Horae
    1. First Generation
      1. Auxo
      2. Carpo
      3. Thallo
    2. Second Generation
      1. Dike
      2. Eirene
      3. Eunomia
    3. Third generation
      1. Pherusa
      2. Euporie
      3. Orthosie
      4. Adikia
Eos
  1. Carae
Unknown mother Aletheia
Unknown mother Ate
Unknown mother Caerus
Unknown mother Litae

Semi-divine/mortal offspring

Mother Children
Aegina
  1. Aeacus
  2. Damocrateia[27]
Alcmene Heracles
Antiope
  1. Amphion
  2. Zethus
Anaxithea Olenus
Asterope, Oceanid Acragas
Callisto Arcas
Calyce Aethlius (possibly)
Callirhoe (daughter of Achelous) no known offspring
Carme Britomartis
Cassiopeia Atymnius
Chaldene
  1. Solymus
  2. Milye
Danaë Perseus
Dia Pirithous
Elara
  1. Tityos
Electra
  1. Dardanus
  2. Iasion
  3. Harmonia
Europa
  1. Minos
  2. Rhadamanthus
  3. Sarpedon
  4. Alagonia
  5. Carnus
  6. Dodon[28]
Eurymedousa Myrmidon
Euryodeia Arcesius
Himalia
  1. Kronios
  2. Spartaios
  3. Kytos
Idaea, nymph Cres
Iodame Thebe
Io
  1. Epaphus
  2. Keroessa
Isonoe Orchomenus
Lamia

Achilleus[29]

Lamia (daughter of Poseidon) Libyan Sibyl
Laodamia Sarpedon
Leda
  1. Pollux
  2. Helen of Troy5
Maera Locrus
Niobe
  1. Argus
  2. Pelasgus
Othreis Meliteus
Pandora
  1. Graecus
  2. Latinus
Phthia (daughter of Phoroneus) Achaeus (possibly)
Plouto Tantalus
Podarge
  1. Balius
  2. Xanthus
Protogeneia
  1. Aethlius (possibly)
  2. Opus
Pyrrha Hellen
Semele Dionysus
Taygete Lacedaemon
Thyia
  1. Magnes
  2. Makednos
Torrhebia Carius
Nymph African Iarbas
Nymph Samothracian Saon (possibly)
Nymph Sithnid Megarus
Unknown mother
  1. Calabrus
  2. Geraestus
  3. Taenarus
Unknown mother Corinthus
Unknown mother (we've all been there, amirite???) Crinacus

1The Greeks variously claimed that the Moires/Fates were the daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis or of primordial beings like Chaos, Nyx, or Ananke.

2The Charites/Graces were usually considered the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome but they were also said to be daughters of Dionysus and Aphrodite or of Helios and the naiad Aegle.

3Some accounts say that Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus were born parthenogenetically.

4According to one version, Athena is said to be born parthenogenetically.

5Helen was either the daughter of Leda or Nemesis.

6Tyche is usually considered a daughter of Aphrodite and Hermes.

Genealogy of the Olympians in Greek mythology

Genealogy of the Olympians in Greek mythology
Uranus Gaia
Aphrodite
Oceanus Hyperion Coeus Crius Iapetus Mnemosyne
Cronus Rhea Tethys Theia Phoebe Themis
Zeus Hera Hestia Demeter Hades Poseidon
Athena Ares Hephaestus Hebe Eileithyia Enyo
Maia Leto Semele
Hermes Apollo Artemis Dionysus

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology

Argive genealogy in Greek mythology
Inachus Melia
Zeus Io Phoroneus
Epaphus Memphis
Libya Poseidon
Belus Achiroë Agenor Telephassa
Danaus Pieria Aegyptus Cadmus Cilix Europa Phoenix
Mantineus Hypermnestra Lynceus Harmonia Zeus
Polydorus
Sparta Lacedaemon Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus
Autonoë
Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos
Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus
Perseus Dionysus
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