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Hera; raped by her brother (and later husband) Zeus. Io; pursued and eventually raped by Zeus, transformed into a heifer. Leda, raped by Zeus in the form of a swan. [2] This resulted in the birth of Helen of Troy and Polydeuces (Pollux). Liriope; raped by the river god Cephissus, resulting in the birth of Narcissus.
Zeus had various affairs with goddesses like Themis, Nemesis, Dione, Thetis, Selene, Persephone, and more, which were never harmed by Hera; the sole exception (besides Leto) is found in the Suda, a late Byzantine lexicon which recounts the story of Hera cursing a pregnant Aphrodite's belly, leading to the birth of Priapus. [15]
Aphrodite's other set of attendants was the three Horae (the "Hours"), [112] whom Hesiod identifies as the daughters of Zeus and Themis and names as Eunomia ("Good Order"), Dike ("Justice"), and Eirene ("Peace"). [140] Aphrodite was also sometimes accompanied by Harmonia, her daughter by Ares, and Hebe, the daughter of Zeus and Hera. [141]
Several of the most prominent male Olympian gods (including Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares) engaged in affairs with the seven heavenly sisters. These relationships resulted in the birth of their children. Maia, eldest [8] of the seven Pleiades, was mother of Hermes by Zeus. [9] Electra, mother of Dardanus [10] and Iasion, [11] by Zeus. [12]
She also had another son, by Zeus, Iasion (also called Eetion), who, because of an outrage against Demeter (or her statue [2]), was blasted by Zeus' thunderbolt. [10] The logographer Hellanicus also makes Electra the mother, by Zeus, of Harmonia the wife of Cadmus , although usually Harmonia is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite . [ 11 ]
One rare version of the myth makes Thebe a consort of Zeus and mother of Aegyptus [5] and/or Heracles. [6] Thebe, daughter of Asopus [2] and Metope, [7] who was said to have consorted with Zeus. [8] Amphion and Zethus named Boeotian Thebes [9] after her because of their kinship, the twins being sons of her sister Antiope by Zeus.
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Dione (/ d aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; Ancient Greek: Διώνη, romanized: Diṓnē, lit. 'she-Zeus') is an oracular goddess, a Titaness [1] primarily known from Book V of Homer's Iliad, where she tends to the wounds suffered by her daughter Aphrodite.
This is plainly a surname of Zeus, who knows the affairs of men, all that the Fates give them, and all that is not destined for them." [ 77 ] [ 78 ] At the Temple of Zeus at Megara , Pausanias inferred from the relief sculptures he saw "Above the head of Zeus are the Horai and Moirai, and all may see that he is the only god obeyed by Moira."