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Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
The youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Brother and husband of Hera and brother of Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. He had many affairs with goddesses and mortals, such as his sister Demeter and Leto, mortals Leda and Alcmene, and more. [27] His symbols include the thunderbolt, eagle, oak tree, bull, scepter, and scales. Hera: Juno
Following their victory, according to a single famous passage in the Iliad (Book XV, ln.187–93), Hades and his two brothers, Poseidon and Zeus, drew lots [22] for realms to rule. Zeus received the sky, Poseidon received the seas, and Hades received the underworld, [ 23 ] the unseen realm to which the souls of the dead go upon leaving the ...
Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Tethys: Τηθύς (Tēthýs) Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía)
The last of the three major gods, Poseidon is the god of the ocean and earthquakes. He is often seen with a trident and is married to Amphitrite, a sea nymph. He is also Zeus and Hades' brother ...
However it is possible that Poseidon like Zeus was a common god of all Greeks from the beginning. [13] It is possible that the Greeks did not bring with them other gods except Zeus, Eos, and the Dioskouroi. [47] The Pelasgian god probably represented the fertilising power of water, and then he was he was considered god of the sea.
Hades (Aides, Aidoneus, or Haidês), the eldest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea; brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia, is the Greek god of the underworld. [57] When the three brothers divided the world between themselves, Zeus received the heavens, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the underworld; the earth itself was divided ...
Persephone and Hades ; Perseus and Andromeda ; Philemon and Baucis ; Phyllis and Demophon ; Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl , two volcanoes; Poseidon and Amphitrite ; Proserpina and Pluto ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Pyrrhus and Andromache ; Rama and Sita ; Sahadeva and Draupadi