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The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos
In Greek mythology, Cyparissus or Kyparissos (Ancient Greek: Κυπάρισσος, romanized: Kupárissos, lit. 'cypress') was a boy beloved by Apollo or in some versions by other deities. In the best-known version of the story, the favorite companion of Cyparissus was a tamed stag , which he accidentally killed with his hunting javelin as it ...
Giovanni Boccaccio Genealogia deorum gentilium, 1532. Genealogia deorum gentilium, known in English as On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles, is a mythography or encyclopedic compilation of the tangled family relationships of the classical pantheons of Ancient Greece and Rome, written in Latin prose from 1360 onwards by the Italian author and poet Giovanni Boccaccio.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1873) Harry Thurston Peck, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) Hamilton, Edith (1969). "Eight Brief Tales of Lovers". Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Mentor. pp. 115–118. ISBN 0-451-62803-9
In Greek mythology, Cinyras (/ ˈ s ɪ n ɪ r ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κινύρας – Kinyras) was a famous hero and king of Cyprus. Accounts vary significantly as to his genealogy and provide a variety of stories concerning him; in many sources he is associated with the cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus, and Adonis , a consort of Aphrodite, is ...
Family tree of the Greek gods; J. ... Family trees of the Norse gods This page was last edited on 12 March 2023, at 14:21 (UTC). Text ...
God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind. Σελήνη (Selḗnē) Selene: Goddess of the Moon. Στύξ (Stýx) Styx: Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred. Συκεύς (Sykeús) Syceus: God whom Gaia turned into a fig tree to help him escape from Zeus. Τιτὰν (Titan) Titan
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...