Gods — Gaia’s line

180 figures · 239 parent–child links · depth 5

Relationships extracted from catalogue entries; incomplete where sources are silent.

Roots

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Generation 1

Antaeus Brontes Charybdis Coeus Crius Erinyes Giants Hyperion Iapetus Meliae Mnemosyne Nereus Oceanus Ourea Phoebe Pontus Rhea Tethys Theia Themis Typhoeus Typhon Uranus

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Generation 2

Amphitrite Asteria Boar Demeter Eagle of Zeus Electra Eurybia Eurynome Helios Horai Ladon Leto Memnon Moirae Muses Oceanids Orthrus Pasiphaë Prometheus Styx The Hours The Muses

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All edges in this tree (239)

Acastus → Laodamia — father of Laodamia in common genealogies; sometimes destroys the image
Achilles → Pyrrhus — son of Achilles and Deidamia
Aeacus → Peleus — mortal bridegroom; son of Aeacus; father of Achilles
Aeacus → Phocus — son of Aeacus and Psamathe; athlete; murdered
Aeacus → Telamon — son of Aeacus; first on the wall; receives Hesione; father of Teucer (and, elsewhere, Ajax)
Aeetes → Apsyrtus — adult son of Aeetes; leader of the pursuit; lured to Artemis’s shrine and slain by Jason
Aeetes → Chalciope — daughter of Aeetes; wife of Phrixus (common handbook name)
Aeetes → Medea — daughter of Aeetes; struck by love (Apollonius); destined helper
Aeolus → Hellen — son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha; eponym of the Hellenes; father of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus
Amphitrite → Amycus — divine father of Amycus
Amphitrite → Eryx — father of Eryx
Amphitrite → Eumolpus — father of Eumolpus; avenger who destroys Erechtheus
Amphitrite → Neleus — father of Pelias and Neleus; recipient of Pelias’s sacrifice
Amphitrite → Pelias — father of Pelias and Neleus; recipient of Pelias’s sacrifice
Amphitrite → Penthesilea — father of Penthesilea (background)
Amphitrite → Theseus — father of Theseus; fulfills the curse with a sea-bull
Amphitrite → Triton — mother of Triton by Poseidon
Aphrodite → Aeneas — Trojan son of Aphrodite; rescued then dropped when she is wounded
Aphrodite → Deimos — mother of Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia by Ares
Aphrodite → Harmonia — mother of Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia by Ares
Aphrodite → Hermaphroditus — son of Hermes and Aphrodite; fused with Salmacis
Aphrodite → Phobos — mother of Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia by Ares
Apollo → Anius — son of Apollo and Rhoeo; king and prophet of Delos
Apollo → Iamus — son of Apollo and Evadne; founder of the Iamidai
Apollo → Ion — temple servant at Delphi; son of Apollo and Creusa; eponym of the Ionians
Apollo → Linus — infant son of Apollo; exposed; killed by dogs
Apollo → Tenes — eponym of Tenedos; possible son of Apollo; slain by Achilles
Ares → Alcippe — daughter of Ares; victim of the assault
Ares → Cycnus — son of Ares and Pyrene; combat interrupted by thunderbolt
Ares → Harmonia — daughter of Ares and Aphrodite
Ares → Penthesilea — Amazon queen, daughter of Ares; Trojan ally; slain by Achilles
Ares → Phobos — children of Ares and Aphrodite
Aristaeus → Actaeon — father of Actaeon
Aristaeus → Macris — daughter of Aristaeus; nurse of Dionysus; later exile among Phaeacians
Artemis → Aeacus — abductor; father of Aeacus
Artemis → Aphrodite — father of Aphrodite; advises her after the wounding
Artemis → Apollo — father of Apollo and Artemis; cause of Hera’s jealousy
Artemis → Aristaeus — lover; carries Cyrene to Libya; father of Aristaeus
Artemis → Asclepius — father of Asclepius; punishes Coronis; kills the Cyclopes; serves Admetus
Artemis → Dionysus — father of Dionysus (self-revelation)
Artemis → Epaphus — lover of Io; transforms/restores her; father of Epaphus
Artemis → Europa — abductor in bull-form; father of Europa’s sons
Artemis → Heracles — assumes Amphitryon’s form; prolongs the night; father of Heracles; oath-bound by Hera’s trick
Artemis → Linus — father of Linus; sender of Poine; Delphic director of Coroebus’s exile
Artemis → Litai — father of the Litai; receives their complaint; earlier caster of Ate from heaven
Artemis → Muses — nine-night consort; father of the Muses
Artemis → Pallas — swan-form lover of Leda (or of Nemesis in the alternate); father of Helen and/or Polydeuces
Artemis → Pandia — father of Pandia by Selene
Artemis → Perseus — comes as a golden rain; father of Perseus in the main version
Artemis → Polydeuces — father of Polydeuces; kills Idas; grants shared immortality
Asclepius → Hygieia — daughter of Asclepius; goddess/personification of Health
Asclepius → Machaon — son of Asclepius; surgeon; treats Menelaus; wounded; later killed in cyclic tradition
Asteria → Hecate — Titaness; daughter of Perses and Asteria; privileged in three realms
Athena → Pallantidai — brother of Aegeus; father of the Pallantidai
Athena → Styx — father of Styx’s children (Hesiodic; not the Attic epithet of Athena)
Augeas → Phyleus — son of Augeas; witness to the bargain; testifies against his father; later made king by Heracles
Callisto → Arcas — Arcadian nymph/huntress; mother of Arcas; changed to a bear; stellified
Circe → Telegonus — son of Odysseus and Circe; seeks his father; kills him; takes survivors to Aeaea
Dardanus → Erichthonius — son of Dardanus; richest of men; master of mares
Demeter → Areion — pursued; mare metamorphosis; mother of Despoina and Areion
Demeter → Despoina — pursued; mare metamorphosis; mother of Despoina and Areion
Demeter → Persephone — mother of Persephone by Zeus
Demeter → Plutos — goddess; mother of Plutos by Iasion
Deucalion → Amphictyon — son of Deucalion (or autochthon); king of Athens after Cranaus; expelled by Erichthonius
Deucalion → Asterion — bull-headed son of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull; slain by Theseus
Deucalion → Hellen — son of Prometheus; flood survivor; interpreter of the oracle; father of Hellen
Deucalion → Idomeneus — father of Idomeneus
Dionysus → Deianeira — alternative father of Deianeira in some notices
Electra → Dardanus — son of Zeus and Electra; founder of Dardania
Electra → Iris — messenger goddess; daughter of Thaumas and Electra; rainbow courier
Electra → Zeus — Oceanid ally; mother of Zeus’s attendant powers; rewarded with honor
Epaphus → Libya — daughter of Epaphus (next generation)
Erichthonius → Tros — son of Erichthonius; eponym of Trojans and Troad
Eumolpus → Immaradus — son of Eumolpus slain in some versions
Europa → Euphemus — mother of Euphemus
Europa → Minos — Phoenician princess; carried to Crete by Zeus-as-bull; mother of Minos and brothers
Europa → Rhadamanthys — mother of Minos and Rhadamanthys
Eurybia → Astraeus — adamant-hearted; with Crius mother of Astraeus, Pallas, Perses
Eurybia → Pallas — adamant-hearted; with Crius mother of Astraeus, Pallas, Perses
Eurybia → Perses — adamant-hearted; with Crius mother of Astraeus, Pallas, Perses
Eurynome → The Graces — Oceanid; mother of the Charites
Gaia → Antaeus — Libyan giant; son of Poseidon and Gaia; slain
Gaia → Brontes — mother of Titans, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires; crafts the flint sickle; plots against Uranus
Gaia → Charybdis — daughter of Poseidon and Gaia; becomes the whirlpool
Gaia → Coeus — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Crius — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Erinyes — receives the blood; bears Erinyes, Giants, and Meliae as seasons turn
Gaia → Giants — receives the blood; bears Erinyes, Giants, and Meliae as seasons turn
Gaia → Hyperion — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Iapetus — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Meliae — receives the blood; bears Erinyes, Giants, and Meliae as seasons turn
Gaia → Mnemosyne — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Nereus — mother of Nereus (Hesiodic pairing with Pontus)
Gaia → Oceanus — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Ourea — wide-bosomed Earth; foundation of the gods; mother of Uranus, the Hills, and Pontus without a mate
Gaia → Phoebe — gold-crowned Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Pontus — wide-bosomed Earth; foundation of the gods; mother of Uranus, the Hills, and Pontus without a mate
Gaia → Rhea — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven; later wife of Cronus
Gaia → Tethys — lovely Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Theia — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Themis — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Gaia → Typhoeus — mother of Typhoeus by Tartarus after the Titans’ fall; later prompts Zeus’s kingship
Gaia → Typhon — enraged after the Gigantomachy; mates with Tartarus; mother of Typhon
Gaia → Uranus — wide-bosomed Earth; foundation of the gods; mother of Uranus, the Hills, and Pontus without a mate
Glaucus → Heracles — mortal father of Bellerophon in Homeric stemma
Helios → Aeetes — son of Helios; king of Colchis; owner of the fleece; setter of the tasks
Helios → Augeas — father of Augeas in the preferred genealogy
Helios → Circe — father of Circe and Aeetes
Helios → Lampetie — daughter of Helios and Neaera; reports the slaughter
Helios → Pasiphaë — wife of Minos; daughter of Helios; desires the bull; mother of the Minotaur
Helios → Phaethon — son of Helios; drives the chariot; struck down by Zeus
Hellen → Aeolus — son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha; eponym of the Hellenes; father of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus
Hellen → Dorus — son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha; eponym of the Hellenes; father of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus
Hellen → Xuthus — son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha; eponym of the Hellenes; father of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus
Hephaestus → Periphetes — club-bearing robber of the Epidaurian road; son of Hephaestus (or Poseidon); slain with his own club
Heracles → Electra — daughter of Eurystheus; desires the belt
Heracles → Hyllus — son of Heracles; challenger; slain
Heracles → Iphicles — daughter of Electryon; mother of Heracles and Iphicles; delays marriage until the Teleboans are aven
Heracles → Macaria — daughter of Heracles; voluntary sacrificial victim
Heracles → Telephus — son of Heracles and Auge; doe-nursed; king of Mysia
Hermes → Abderus — son of Hermes; Locrian from Opus; Heracles’s favorite; killed by the mares; eponym of Abdera
Hermes → Daphnis — Sicilian cowherd; son of Hermes in handbook lore; dying singer in *Idyll* 1
Hermes → Eidothea — nymph; daughter of Proteus; instructor and helper
Hermes → Hermaphroditus — son of Hermes and Aphrodite; fused with Salmacis
Hermes → Myrtilus — charioteer son of Hermes; sabotages the axle; cursed; thrown into the sea; curses the Pelopids
Hermes → Pan — goat-footed god; son of Hermes; named for pleasing all the gods
Hermione → Tisamenus — son of Orestes and Hermione
Hyperion → Helios — father of Helios (Homeric Hymn naming)
Hyperion → Pasiphaë — father of Pasiphaë (solar lineage)
Iapetus → Prometheus — Titan father of Prometheus and his brothers
Iphicles → Heracles — daughter of Electryon; mother of Heracles and Iphicles; delays marriage until the Teleboans are aven
Iphicles → Telephus — father of Telephus (background)
Leto → Apollo — mother of Apollo and Artemis
Leto → Artemis — mother of Apollo and Artemis
Lycaon → Callisto — father of Callisto in the common Apollodorean genealogy
Lycaon → Pandarus — father of Pandarus (not the Priamid Lycaon)
Medea → Acastus — son of Pelias; expels Jason and Medea from Iolcus
Medea → Medus — son of Medea (and Aegeus in some accounts); flees with his mother; eponym of the Medes
Minos → Glaucus — son of Minos; drowns in honey; restored; briefly taught divination
Mnemosyne → Muses — Titaness Memory; mother of the Muses
Mnemosyne → The Muses — mother of the nine Muses
Neleus → Nestor — twin; founder/king of Pylos; father of Nestor
Neleus → Pero — daughter of Neleus; bride
Nereus → Amphitrite — Old Man of the Sea; truthful; father of the Nereids
Nestor → Patroclus — son of Nestor; dies saving his father
Oceanus → Oceanids — Titan; world-river; father of rivers and Oceanids
Oceanus → Ourea — Titan; world-river; father of rivers and Oceanids
Oceanus → Styx — father of Styx (and of Metis)
Pallas → Achilles — Nereid mother of Achilles; wins Zeus’s promise
Pallas → Helenus — son of Priam; Trojan seer; captured; names the requirements for Troy’s fall
Pallas → Hephaestus — bears Hephaestus alone in anger at Zeus
Pallas → Hermione — daughter of Menelaus and Helen; hostage; betrothed to Orestes
Pallas → Lycaon — son of Priam and Laothoe; former captive sold to Lemnos; slain as suppliant
Pallas → Nike — husband of Styx; father of Nike’s cohort
Pallas → People of Crisa — son of Priam and Hecuba; exposed; reared on Ida; recognized at the games
Pallas → Polites — son of Priam; slain by Neoptolemus in the palace
Pallas → Polyxena — daughter of Priam and Hecuba; sacrificed at Achilles’ tomb
Pallas → Styx — father of Styx’s children (genealogical context)
Pallas → Thyestes — future son of Peleus and Thetis (outcome of the marriage)
Pallas → Troilus — young son of Priam (and Hecuba); slain by Achilles
Pasiphaë → Asterion — mother of the Minotaur (background to the tribute’s purpose)
Pasiphaë → Glaucus — mother of Glaucus
Peleus → Achilles — mortal bridegroom; son of Aeacus; father of Achilles
Peleus → Thyestes — future son of Peleus and Thetis (outcome of the marriage)
Pelias → Acastus — son of Pelias; expels Jason and Medea from Iolcus
Pelias → Alcestis — daughter of Pelias; bride won by the yoked beasts
Pelopia → Aegisthus — son of Thyestes and Pelopia; goat-nursed; killer of Atreus; later of Agamemnon
Pelopia → Cycnus — son of Ares and Pyrene; combat interrupted by thunderbolt
People of Crisa → Imbrius — son of Mentor; husband of Medesicaste; slain by Teucer
People of Crisa → Polyphemus — father of Polyphemus; hears the curse
Persephone → Zagreus — mother of Zagreus in Orphic anthropogony
Perses → Hecate — Titaness; daughter of Perses and Asteria; privileged in three realms
Perseus → Gorgons — arrives bearing Medusa’s head; loves Andromeda; slays the monster; petrifies Phineus
Perseus → Perses — son of Perseus and Andromeda left with Cepheus; eponym of the Persians (aftermath)
Phoebe → Asteria — Titan parents of Asteria and Leto
Phoebe → Leto — Titan parents of Asteria and Leto
Pontus → Electra — son of Pontus; father
Pontus → Eurybia — daughter of Pontus; mother of the three sons
Pontus → Nereus — father of Nereus
Prometheus → Deucalion — son of Prometheus; flood survivor; interpreter of the oracle; father of Hellen
Rhea → Demeter — swallowed child of Rhea and Cronus
Rhea → Memnon — mother of Memnon
Styx → Bia — Force; child of Styx
Styx → Cratos — Strength; child of Styx
Styx → Nike — Victory; child of Styx
Styx → Zelus — child of Styx; dwells always with Zeus
Telamon → Aeacus — son of Zeus and Aegina; just king; underworld judge; father of Peleus and Telamon
Tethys → Eurynome — father of Eurynome; his waters receive the fallen pair
Tethys → Styx — parents of Styx
The Hours → Abderus — father of Abderus
The Hours → Amphion — father of Amphion and Zethus (satyr-form in some strands)
The Hours → Myrtilus — father of Myrtilus
The Hours → Zethus — father of Amphion and Zethus (satyr-form in some strands)
Themis → Horai — Titaness of ordinance; mother of Horai and (in this line) Moirae
Themis → Moirae — Titaness of ordinance; mother of Horai and (in this line) Moirae
Themis → The Hours — mother of Horae and Moerae by Zeus
Theseus → Demophon — son of Theseus; guest; delayed returnee (Acamas in some tellings)
Theseus → Hippolytus — abducts or receives Antiope/Hippolyte; defeats the Amazon invasion; father of Hippolytus
Theseus → Melanippus — son of Theseus and Perigune; ancestor claimed by the Ioxids
Thyestes → Aegisthus — son of Thyestes and Pelopia; goat-nursed; killer of Atreus; later of Agamemnon
Thyestes → Pelopia — daughter of Thyestes; raped; mother of Aegisthus; wife of Atreus; suicide
Thyestes → Pyrrhus — father of Neoptolemus (background motive of inherited wrath)
Triton → Pallas — river/sea god; father of Pallas; Athena’s foster landscape
Typhoeus → Boar — Apollodorean parent of the lion
Typhon → Eagle of Zeus — daily tormentor; slain by Heracles; offspring of Typhon and Echidna (Apollodorus)
Typhon → Ladon — immortal hundred-headed serpent; offspring of Typhon and Echidna; guardian (not slain in this versio
Typhon → Orthrus — two-headed watchdog; offspring of Typhon and Echidna; clubbed by Heracles
Uranus → Coeus — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Crius — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Hyperion — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Iapetus — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Mnemosyne — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Oceanus — Titan son of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Phoebe — gold-crowned Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Rhea — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven; later wife of Cronus
Uranus → Tethys — lovely Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Theia — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Uranus → Themis — Titan daughter of Earth and Heaven
Xuthus → Hellen — son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha; eponym of the Hellenes; father of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus
Xuthus → Ion — son of Xuthus (or of Apollo by Creusa); eponym of Ionians
Zeus → Aeacus — son of Zeus and Aegina; just king; underworld judge; father of Peleus and Telamon
Zeus → Amphion — twin son of Zeus and Antiope; lyre-builder of the walls; husband of Niobe
Zeus → Aphrodite — Olympian love goddess; daughter of Zeus and Dione; wounded by Diomedes
Zeus → Apollo — son of Zeus and Leto
Zeus → Arcas — son of Zeus and Callisto; eponym of Arcadia; associated with Boötes
Zeus → Ares — son of Zeus and Hera
Zeus → Artemis — daughter of Zeus and Leto
Zeus → Athena — rival parent of Athena; husband whose act provokes Hera
Zeus → Dardanus — son of Zeus and Electra; founder of Dardania
Zeus → Dionysus — son of Zeus and Semele
Zeus → Eileithyia — daughter of Zeus and Hera
Zeus → Epaphus — son of Zeus and Io; born in Egypt
Zeus → Hebe — daughter of Zeus and Hera
Zeus → Heracles — mighty son of Zeus and Alcmene
Zeus → Hermes — herald of the gods; son of Zeus and Maia
Zeus → Pallas — daughter of Zeus (main strand); born from egg in tragic/lyric tradition
Zeus → Sarpedon — son of Zeus; slain by Patroclus; body taken to Lycia
Zeus → The Hours — Cyllenian messenger; son of Zeus and Maia
Zeus → Zagreus — child of Zeus and Persephone; torn by Titans; reborn from the heart

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