Olympians — Zeus’s line

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

Ancestors (−2)

Agamemnon Atlas Clytemnestra Heracles Pontus River-gods Sons of Minos

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Ancestors (−1)

Cronus Electra

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Roots

Zeus

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Generation 1

Aeacus Amphion Aphrodite Apollo Arcas Ares Artemis Athena Dardanus Dionysus Eileithyia Epaphus Hebe Hermes Pallas Sarpedon The Hours Zagreus

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Generation 4

Actaeon’s dogs Aegyptus Androgeus Ariadne Assaracus Cadmus Chrysaor Cleopatra Danaus Eurysaces Ganymede Glaucus Hecate Ilus Molossus Phaedra

All edges in this tree (155)

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)
Aegyptus → Actaeon’s dogs — twin; father of fifty sons; pursues the marriages
Aeneas → Ascanius — son of Aeneas; Trojan survivor; carrier of the line
Agamemnon → Electra — daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; wife of Pylades
Agenor → Cadmus — Phoenician son of Agenor; dragon-slayer; sower of the teeth; founder of Cadmeia/Thebes; husband of H
Ajax → Achilles — bears Achilles’ body from the field
Ajax → Actaeon’s dogs — guest-hunter; unknowing father of fifty sons
Ajax → Eurysaces — young son of Ajax and Tecmessa (Sophocles)
Alcippe → Marpessa — mother of Marpessa (background)
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
Athena → Pallantidai — brother of Aegeus; father of the Pallantidai
Athena → Styx — father of Styx’s children (Hesiodic; not the Attic epithet of Athena)
Atlas → Electra — Pleiad daughter of Atlas; mother of Dardanus (and, in some stems, of Iasion)
Belus → Aegyptus — son of Libya and Poseidon; Egyptian ruler; father of Aegyptus and Danaus
Belus → Danaus — son of Libya and Poseidon; Egyptian ruler; father of Aegyptus and Danaus
Callisto → Arcas — Arcadian nymph/huntress; mother of Arcas; changed to a bear; stellified
Clytemnestra → Electra — daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; wife of Pylades
Cronus → Zeus — rising son of Cronus; forces the regurgitation; frees allies; receives thunder-weapons
Danaus → Actaeon’s dogs — twin; father of fifty Danaids; flees to Argos; becomes king
Danaus → Belus — son of Libya and Poseidon; Egyptian ruler; father of Aegyptus and Danaus
Dardanus → Erichthonius — son of Dardanus; richest of men; master of mares
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
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
Glaucus → Heracles — mortal father of Bellerophon in Homeric stemma
Gorgons → Chrysaor — son of Medusa and Poseidon (via the beheading); father of Geryon
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
Iphicles → Heracles — daughter of Electryon; mother of Heracles and Iphicles; delays marriage until the Teleboans are aven
Iphicles → Telephus — father of Telephus (background)
Libya → Agenor — mother of Belus and Agenor; daughter of Epaphus
Libya → Belus — son of Libya and Poseidon; Egyptian ruler; father of Aegyptus and Danaus
Lycaon → Callisto — father of Callisto in the common Apollodorean genealogy
Lycaon → Pandarus — father of Pandarus (not the Priamid Lycaon)
Marpessa → Cleopatra — daughter of Idas and Marpessa; later wife of Meleager
Minos → Androgeus — son of Minos; father of Alcaeus and Sthenelus
Minos → Ariadne — daughter of Minos; deserted by Theseus; made immortal wife of Dionysus
Minos → Glaucus — son of Minos; drowns in honey; restored; briefly taught divination
Minos → Phaedra — later wife of Theseus; daughter of Minos (sequel)
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
Peleus → Achilles — mortal bridegroom; son of Aeacus; father of Achilles
Peleus → Thyestes — future son of Peleus and Thetis (outcome of the marriage)
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
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)
Pontus → Electra — son of Pontus; father
Pyrrhus → Molossus — son of Andromache and Neoptolemus
River-gods → Electra — daughter of Achelous; demands the necklace; mother of avengers
Sons of Minos → Electra — captive allotted to Agamemnon; daughter of Chryses
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
Telamon → Ajax — brother; exile to Salamis; father of Ajax
Telamon → Teucer — son of Aeacus; first on the wall; receives Hesione; father of Teucer (and, elsewhere, Ajax)
Telephus → Eurypylus — son of Telephus; Mysian ally of Troy; slain by Neoptolemus
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)
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)
Tros → Assaracus — son of Tros; ancestor of Anchises
Tros → Ganymede — son of Tros; abducted by Zeus; ransom of horses
Tros → Ilus — son of Tros; future founder of Ilium
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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