Greek Gods Chart
(Note: Roman names are shown in blue; Greek names are shown in red.)
In the Beginning...
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Father Sky (Caelus/Uranus) and Mother Earth (Terra/Gaia) came together to give birth to:
Caelus despised the Hecatonchires and placed them in the underworld. This angered Terra and at her request, Saturn/Cronus (one of the Titans) killed Caelus by cutting off his genitals. From the blood came the Furies, the underworld goddesses of vengeance. After killing Caelus, Saturn took his father's place as king of the gods. However, he was later told that one of his own sons would someday replace him. In order to avoid this, he ate all of his children. His wife Ops/Rhea eventually hid his last son, Jupiter/Zeus, and when this son was old enough, he released his brothers and sisters, waged war with the Titans and became the third and final king of the gods. Through Jupiter and various women (including both goddesses and mortals), came most of the other well-known gods and goddesses of Greco-Roman mythology. |
The Titans (the Old Gods)
| The Original Twelve Titans: | |||||
 Saturn/Cronus God of the Harvest & King of the Gods prior to Jupiter |
 Ops/Rhea Mother of Jupiter & his siblings |
 Justitia/Themis Goddess of Justice |
 Coeus God of Wisdom |
Oceanus - original God of the Sea Tethys - original Goddess of the Sea Hyperion - original God of Light Theia - original Goddess of Light Mnemosyne - Goddess of Memory Phoebe - a lunar goddess Crius - a god Iapetus - a god | |
| Various Children of the Titans: | |||||
| Children of Hyperion & Theia: | Children of Iapetus: | ||||
 Sol/Helios original God of the Sun |
 Luna/Selene original Goddess of the Moon |
 Aurora/Eos Goddes of the Dawn |
 Atlas was forced to carry the Earth |
 Prometheus God of Foresight; creator of humans; stole fire from the gods |
 Epimetheus God of Hindsight; husband of Pandora, the first woman |
| Children of Justia: | Children of Mnemosyne: | Children of Atlas: | Grandchild of Crius (via Pallas): |
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 The Fates the controllers of destiny |
 The Muses the inspiration for artists |
 The Pleiades nymphs of Artemis |
 Victoria/Nike Goddess of Victory |
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The Olympians (the New Gods)
| Children of Saturn & Ops: | |||||
 Jupiter/Jove/Zeus KING OF THE GODS God of the Sky |
 Juno/Hera Queen of the gods Goddess of Women & Marriage |
 Neptune/Poseidon God of the Sea |
 Pluto/Hades God of the Underworld |
 Ceres/Demeter Goddess of Agriculture |
 Vesta/Hestia Goddess of the Hearth |
| Children of Jupiter: | |||||
| by Juno: | by Leto (daughter of Coeus & Phoebe): | ||||
 Mars/Ares God of War |
 Vulcan/Hephaestus God of Fire |
 Juventia/Hebe Cupbearer of the gods & Goddess of Youth |
 Disconcordia/Eris Goddess of Discord |
 Apollo God of the Sun, Medicine & the Arts |
 Diana/Artemis Goddess of the Moon & Hunting |
| by Maia, daughter of Atlas: | by Dione: | from the head of Jupiter: | by Ceres: | by Semele (a mortal): | by Alcmene (a mortal): |
 Mercury/Hermes Messenger of the gods & God of Commerce |
 Venus/Aphrodite Goddess of Love & Beauty (also said to have been birthed out of the sea after the castration of Uranus) |
 Minerva/Athena Goddess of Wisdom & Civilization |
 Proserpina/ Persephone Goddess of the Spring & the stolen wife of Pluto |
 Bacchus/Dionysus God of Wine |
 Hercules/Heracles The hero who became a god |
| Grandchildren of Jupiter: | |||||
| Sons of Mercury & Venus: | Son of Mercury: | ||||
 Cupid/Eros God of Love |
 Hermaphroditus The androgynous god |
 Faunus/Pan God of Shepherds & Flocks |
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