Greek Gods Family Tree

Key
Lines
Single-parent birth or unknown second parent Two-parent birth Relationship or marriage
Tartarus Gaia (Earth)

Chaos

Eros

Nyx (Night)

Erebus

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.

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Typhon

Uranus

Mountains

Pontus

Aether

Hemera

Momus (blame)

Ponos (woe)

Moros (fate)

Thanatos (death)

Hypnos (sleep)

The Hesperides

The Keres and Fates

Nemesis

Apate (deception)

Philotes (friendship)

Geras (age)

Eris (strife)

Boxes
No line Line Dashed Dotted

Line
God(dess) or important mortal
Titan Monster Other

Mortal family tree, eventually from Poseidon

6 generations, eventually from Epaphus

The Cyclopes

Cronus

Rhea

Coeus

Phoebe

Hyperion

Hecatonchires

Iapetus

Oceanus

Tethys

Echidna

Electryon Hestia Semele Licymnius Alcmene Dione Io Hades

2

Oceanids
Hera Poseidon Demeter

Zeus

Melia
Leto Epimetheus Prometheus Atlas Pleione

Inachus

Three-thousand sons and daughters

Box Color
Blue Pink Gray

Pleiades
Maia Dryope or Merope or Aero Asterope Calaeno Electra Alcyone Taygete

Male Female Undermined or Unknown

Tyche Rhodos Peitho Eunomia Hermaphroditus Dionysus Heracles Ares Hebe
1

Hephaestus

Persephone

Athena

Epaphus

Aphrodite

Apollo

Artemis

Hermes

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

God of Olympus

Abderus

The Gods of Olympus occupied Mount Olympus.