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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.
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Dionysus: son of Zeus and Semele, born a mortal, later became the god of wine. Also called Bacchus by the Romans. Epaphus: son of Zeus and Io, a priestess of the goddess Hera (Zeus' wife). Harmonia: according to Greek mythology was the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. [10] However, in Samothrace mythology, she was the daughter of Zeus and ...
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.
Epaphus was the son of Zeus [3] and Io [4] and thus, Ceroessa's brother. [5] With his wife, Memphis [ 6 ] (or according to others, Cassiopeia [ 7 ] ), he had one daughter, Libya [ 8 ] [ AI-generated source? ] while some accounts added another one who bore the name Lysianassa . [ 9 ]
Cronus ruled harshly and Cronus in turn was defeated by Ammon's son Dionysus (3.71.3–3.73) who appointed Cronus's and Rhea's son, Zeus, as king of Egypt (3.73.4). Dionysus and Zeus then joined their forces to defeat the remaining Titans in Crete, and on the death of Dionysus, Zeus inherited all the kingdoms, becoming lord of the world (3.73.7 ...
Amphion and Zethus were the sons of Antiope, who fled in shame to Sicyon after Zeus raped her, and married King Epopeus there. However, either Nycteus or Lycus attacked Sicyon in order to carry her back to Thebes and punish her. On the way back, she gave birth to the twins and was forced to expose them on Mount Cithaeron.
Typically, they were the daughters of Zeus and Oceanid Eurynome. [3] Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Kronois; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle. [4] [5] [6]