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People and sources of the Greek mythology family tree

This page lists the 26 people on the chart of the Greek mythology family tree and the 14 numbered sources its article cites. It also gives the credits of the portraits and the article as a reference in four styles. The chart and the article have a page of their own.

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Every figure on the Greek mythology family tree

Each figure on the Greek mythology family tree has a row, with the passage that names the parents.

The people on the chart, in the order of its rows.
PortraitPersonIn the sourcesOn the chart
CChaosThe first powerCame to be first, before Earth, and is not her mother.

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GGaiaEarthCame to be after Chaos and bore Heaven alone.

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UUranusHeavenSon and partner of Earth, cut down by Cronus with the sickle.

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Aphrodite, from Venus with a Mirror by TitianAphroditeGoddess of loveBorn from the sea foam in Hesiod, a daughter of Zeus and Dione in Homer.

Sources19

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Cronus, from a wood engraving of Rhea giving Cronus the stoneCronusYoungest of the TitansSon of Earth and Heaven. He swallowed his children and was overthrown by Zeus.

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Rhea, from a wood engraving of Rhea giving Cronus the stoneRheaTitanessDaughter of Earth and Heaven, wife of Cronus and mother of six gods.

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Hestia, from the Hestia Polyolbos tapestry, EgyptHestiaGoddess of the hearthNamed first of the six children by Hesiod and Apollodorus.

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Demeter, from Demeter and Persephone by John Dickson BattenDemeterGoddess of the harvestA daughter of Cronus, and by Zeus the mother of Persephone.

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Hades, from Pluto by Agostino CarracciHadesLord of the deadHe drew the dead as his share.

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Poseidon, from Neptune by Hendrick GoltziusPoseidonGod of the seaThe Earth-Shaker, who drew the grey sea as his share.

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Hera, from Juno by RembrandtHeraQueen of the godsSister of Zeus and the last of his wives in the Theogony.

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Zeus, from Jupiter and Thetis by Jean Auguste Dominique IngresZeusKing of the godsThe youngest child of Cronus and Rhea, saved by a stone.

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Leto, from Latona with Apollo and Diana by Anton Raphael MengsLetoTitanessDaughter of Coeus and Phoebe. Hera drove her from land to land until she came to Delos.

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Maia, from an Attic red-figure amphora with Hermes, Munich 2304MaiaEldest of the PleiadesDaughter of Atlas, who bore Hermes in a cave of Cyllene.

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Ares, from Mars by Diego VelázquezAresGod of warSon of Zeus and Hera, with the unyielding spirit of his mother.

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Hebe, from Hebe by Francisco Javier RamosHebeGoddess of youthDaughter of Zeus and Hera, named first of their children.

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Apollo, from Apollo by Hendrick GoltziusApolloGod of music and prophecyTwin of Artemis, born to Leto on Delos.

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Artemis, from Diana Leaving her Bath by François BoucherArtemisGoddess of the huntTwin of Apollo. Apollodorus says that she was born first.

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Hermes, from The Return of Persephone by Frederic LeightonHermesMessenger of the godsSon of Zeus and Maia, born in a cave of Cyllene.

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Persephone, from Proserpine by Dante Gabriel RossettiPersephoneQueen of the deadDaughter of Zeus and Demeter, carried off by Hades.

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Hephaestus, from The Forge of Vulcan by Diego VelázquezHephaestusGod of the forgeBorne by Hera alone, in Hesiod.

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Athena, from Pallas Athena, Gulbenkian MuseumAthenaGoddess of wisdom and warBorn from the head of Zeus after he swallowed Metis.

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Semele, from Jupiter and Semele by Gustave MoreauSemeleDaughter of CadmusA mortal woman, mother of Dionysus.

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Alcmene, from the print Jupiter and AlcmeneAlcmeneWife of AmphitryonA mortal woman who bore Heracles to Zeus.

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Dionysus, from Bacchus by CaravaggioDionysusGod of wineSon of Zeus and Semele, born from the thigh of Zeus.

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Heracles, from Hercules on the Pyre by Guido ReniHeraclesHero, later a godSon of Zeus and Alcmene, made a god.

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The article is unsigned, so the site stands as author and the date is its last revision. Cite the numbered sources for the facts and the article for the chart. Each reference gives the address of the article.

  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 11). The Greek mythology family tree, from Chaos to the Olympians. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/greek-mythology-family-tree
  • MLA“The Greek Mythology Family Tree, from Chaos to the Olympians.” Genogram Builder, 11 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/greek-mythology-family-tree.
  • ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Greek Mythology Family Tree, from Chaos to the Olympians.” Last modified November 11, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/greek-mythology-family-tree.
  • HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Greek Mythology Family Tree, from Chaos to the Olympians. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/greek-mythology-family-tree (Accessed: 11 November 2026).

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Sources

Every source of this Greek mythology family tree was opened on 10 November 2026, and Book 2 of Apollodorus on 11 November 2026. Hesiod is cited in the translation of H. G. Evelyn-White, on Theoi for the whole poem and on Perseus for a passage by line. Apollodorus and Homer are cited in the Loeb translations that Theoi reproduces.

Theoi Classical Texts Library

  1. Hesiod, Theogony, translated by H. G. Evelyn-White

Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University

  1. Hesiod, Theogony, lines 453 to 506
  2. Hesiod, Theogony, lines 886 to 900
  3. Hesiod, Theogony, lines 901 to 937
  4. Hesiod, Theogony, lines 938 to 962

Theoi Classical Texts Library

  1. Apollodorus, The Library, Book 1, translated by J. G. Frazer
  2. Apollodorus, The Library, Book 2
  3. Apollodorus, The Library, Book 3
  4. Homer, Iliad, Book 5, translated by A. T. Murray
  5. Homer, Iliad, Book 13
  6. Homer, Iliad, Book 15
  7. Homeric Hymns 5 to 33, translated by H. G. Evelyn-White
  8. Homeric Hymn 4, to Hermes

Theoi Project

  1. Hera

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