Family tree of the Greek gods

Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians[11] are given in bold font.
Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.

Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair.

Key: Solid lines show children.

Notes

There are conflicting stories regarding the origins of Eros. Eros is usually mentioned as the son of Aphrodite and Ares, but Hesiod's Theogony places him as one of the primordial beings which came after Chaos.[1]
There are two major conflicting stories for Aphrodite's origins: Hesiod, in his Theogony, claims that she was "born" from the foam of the sea after Cronus castrated Uranus, thus making her Uranus' daughter;[2] Homer, however, in his Iliad, has Aphrodite as daughter of Zeus and Dione.[3] According to Plato, however, the two were entirely separate entities: Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos.[4]
Hesiod puts Nyx as the mother of the Hesperides;[5] they are alternatively daughters of Nyx and Erebus,[6] of Atlas,[7] of Atlas and Hesperis,[8] of Phorcys and Ceto,[9] or of Zeus and Themis.[10]
Either Hestia or Dionysus is considered the 12th Olympian.

References

Hesiod, Theogony 120.
Hesiod, Theogony 190–200.
Homer, Iliad 370.
Plato, Symposium, 180e.
Hesiod, Theogony 215.
Hyginus, Fabulae Preface; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.44.
Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.3.1 [= Pherecydes, fr. 33a (FGrHist, p. 79)].
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.27.2.
scholia in Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 4.1399.
Scholiast on Euripides, Hippolytus 742 (Cavarezan, p. 288) [= Pherecydes fr. 16d Fowler (p. 286) = FGrH 3 F33a].
Ogden, Daniel (2010-02-01). A Companion to Greek Religion. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3417-3.

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[eros-2] There are conflicting stories regarding the origins of Eros. Eros is usually mentioned as the son of Aphrodite and Ares, but Hesiod's Theogony places him as one of the primordial beings which came after Chaos.[1]

[aphrodite-6] There are two major conflicting stories for Aphrodite's origins: Hesiod, in his Theogony, claims that she was "born" from the foam of the sea after Cronus castrated Uranus, thus making her Uranus' daughter;[2] Homer, however, in his Iliad, has Aphrodite as daughter of Zeus and Dione.[3] According to Plato, however, the two were entirely separate entities: Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos.[4]

[hesperides-13] Hesiod puts Nyx as the mother of the Hesperides;[5] they are alternatively daughters of Nyx and Erebus,[6] of Atlas,[7] of Atlas and Hesperis,[8] of Phorcys and Ceto,[9] or of Zeus and Themis.[10]

[hestia-14] Either Hestia or Dionysus is considered the 12th Olympian.

[1] Hesiod, Theogony 120.

[3] Hesiod, Theogony 190–200.

[4] Homer, Iliad 370.

[5] Plato, Symposium, 180e.

[7] Hesiod, Theogony 215.

[8] Hyginus, Fabulae Preface; Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.44.

[9] Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.3.1 [= Pherecydes, fr. 33a (FGrHist, p. 79)].

[:02-10] Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.27.2.

[11] scholia in Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 4.1399.

[12] Scholiast on Euripides, Hippolytus 742 (Cavarezan, p. 288) [= Pherecydes fr. 16d Fowler (p. 286) = FGrH 3 F33a].

[15] Ogden, Daniel (2010-02-01). A Companion to Greek Religion. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3417-3.

Family tree of the Greek gods

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