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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.
In Greek mythology, Themiste (Ancient Greek: Θεμίστη, romanized: Themístē) or Themis was a Trojan princess and daughter of King Ilus II of Troad. [1] She was the (half) sister of Laomedon, Tithonius and Telecleia. [2] Themiste was married off by Ilus to her cousin King Capys, son of Assaracus and Hieromneme, and became the queen of ...
Early accounts gave her a primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). [4] She is thus the sister of the Titans (Oceanus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronus, and sometimes of Dione), the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Giants, the Meliae, the Erinyes, and is the half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions ...
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.
Originally Pandia may have been an epithet of Selene, [5] but by at least the time of the late Homeric Hymn, Pandia had become a daughter of Zeus and Selene. [6] Pandia (or Pandia Selene) may have personified the full moon, [ 7 ] and an Athenian festival called the Pandia (probably held for Zeus [ 8 ] ) was perhaps celebrated on the full-moon ...
The Oceanid nymph [1] Theia became the mother of the Cercopes, [2] [3] two mischievous impish thieves, by her own father Oceanus. [4] When her sons stole from the hero Heracles, he seized and bound them and was about to kill them; Theia begged him to let her sons go. [5]
Zeus however slept with her (in some versions, he deceived her by taking the form of Artemis herself, or perhaps Apollo) and left her pregnant. Artemis as well as Hera were enraged; depending on version, either of the two goddesses transformed Callisto into a bear. Eventually, Zeus transferred Callisto to the stars, as the constellation Ursa Major.
After the Titanomachy, the 10-year war among the immortals, she was pursued by Zeus and they got married. [7] [2] Zeus himself is titled Metieta (Ancient Greek: Μητίετα, lit. 'the wise counsellor'), in the Homeric poems. Metis was both a threat to Zeus and an indispensable aid. [8] He lay with her, but immediately feared the consequences.