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Pages in category "Children of Zeus" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Achaeus (mythology)
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.
Wronged by the love affair, Zeus' wife Hera in a jealous rage had transformed Callisto into a bear. [11] Arcas is the eponym of Arcadia , where Maia was born. [ 4 ] The story of Callisto and Arcas, like that of the Pleiades, is an aition for a stellar formation, the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor , the Great and Little Bear.
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".
In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia (/ ˈ θ eɪ l i ə / [1] or / θ ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Θάλεια, romanized: Tháleia, lit. 'the joyous, the abundance') was one of the three Charites, along with her sisters Aglaea and Euphrosyne.
Though the name Aegina betokens a goat-nymph, [1] such as was Cretan Amalthea, she was given a mainland identity as the daughter of the river-god Asopus and the nymph Metope; [2] of their twelve or twenty daughters, many were ravished by Apollo or Zeus. Aegina bore at least two children: Menoetius by Actor, and Aeacus by Zeus, both
She may also be the Clymene referred to as the mother of Mnemosyne by Zeus. [10] In some myths, Clymene was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene. [11] Although she shares name and parentage with Clymene, one of Helios's lovers, who is also a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (and thus one of her sisters and fellow Oceanid), she is ...
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.