Muse

Domain

Emblem

Calliope

Epic poetry

Writing tablet

Clio

History

Scrolls

Erato

Lyric Poetry

Cithara (an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre family)

Euterpe

Song and Elegiac poetry Aulos (an ancient Greek musical instrument like a flute)

Melpomene Tragedy

Tragic mask

Polyhymnia Hymns

Veil

Terpsichore Dance

Lyre

Thalia

Comedy

Comic mask

Urania

Astronomy

Globe and compass

The Fates
The Fates have the subtle but awesome power of deciding a man's destiny. They assign a man to good or evil. Their most
obvious choice is choosing how long a man lives. There are three Fates. Clotho, the spinner, who spins the thread of life.
Lachesis, the measurer, who choses the lot in life one will have and measures off how long it is to be. Atropos, she who cannot
be turned, who at death with her shears cuts the thread of life.
The Fates are old and predate the gods. It is not entirely clear how far their power extends. It is possible that they determine the
fate of the gods as well. In any case, not even the most powerful is willing to trifle with them.
Seven days after Meleager's birth the Fates appeared to foretell his future.

The Graces

They are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. There are three Graces: Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia
(Good Cheer). The are known for singing and dancing for the gods.

The Erinnyes
Also known as the Furies, punish crime. They pursue wrong doers relentlessly, until death, often driving them to suicide. They
are particularly concerned with matricide. There are three Erinnyes, Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto. The Erinnyes came from
the blood of Uranus when he was castrated.
The Gorgons
These are female monsters with snakes for hair. Their faces are so ugly that any man that see the face will turn to stone. Oddly
the three gorgons have very different origins. Stheno and Euryale were born as gorgons from Phorcys and Ceto. They are
immortal. Medusa was not

The Consorts and Children of Zeus

Consorts

Children

Alkmene
Danae
Demeter
Dione
AAIo
Laodameia
Maia
Metis
Semele
Europa
Leto
Leda
Hera
Eurynome
Themis

Herakles
Perseus
Persephone
Aphrodite
Epaphos
Sarpedon
Hermes
Athene
Dionysos
Rhadamanthys
Apollo
Helen
Ares
The Graces
The Fates
The Horai
The Muses
Terpsichore

Mnemosyne

Minos
Artemis
Kastor
Hebe
Euphrosyne
Klotho
Eunomia
Kalliope
Kleio

Polydekus
Eileithyia
Thalia
Lachesis
Dike
Euterpe
Thaleia

Aglaia
Atropos
Eirene
Melpomene
Ourania

Polymnia
Erato
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(1) DIVINE OFFSPRING

AGDISTIS A Hermaphroditic God born when Zeus accidentally impregnated Gaia the Earth. Fearful of
this strange creature the gods castrated it, and it became the goddess Kybele. [Agdistis and Kybele and
their parents were Phrygian gods later identified with Greek counterparts].
AIGIPAN A Rustic God, son of Zeus and Aix or Boetis (the wife of Pan).
ALATHEIA The Goddess of Truth was a daughter of Zeus.
APHRODITE The Goddess of Love was, according to some, a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Dione
(most accounts, however, say she was born in the sea from the severed genitals of Ouranos).
APOLLON The God of Music, Prophecy and Healing was a son of Zeus and the Titaness Leto.
ARES The God of War was a son of Zeus and his wife Hera.
ARTEMIS The Goddess of Hunting and Protectress of Young Girls was a daughter of Zeus and the
Titaness Leto.
ASOPOS The God of the River Asopos in Argos (Southern Greece) was, according to some, the son of
Zeus and Eurynome (most accounts, however, call him a son of Okeanos and Tethys).
ATE The Goddess of Blind Folly and Ruin was, according to some, a daughter of Zeus (others say she
was born fatherless to Eris).
ATHENE The Goddess of Warcraft, Wisdom and Craft was sprung directly from the head of Zeus. Her
mother was the Titaness Metis whom Zeus had swallowed whole in pregnancy.
BRITOMARTIS The Goddess of Hunting and Fishing Nets was a daughter of Zeus and the Nymphe
Karme.
DIKE The Goddess of Justice, one of the three Horai, was a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Themis.
DIONYSOS The God of Wine and Debauchery was a son of Zeus and Semele (or in a few unorthodox
accounts, of Zeus and Demeter or Dione).
EILEITHYIA The Goddess (or Goddesses) of Childbirth were daughters of Zeus and Hera.
EIRENE The Goddess of Peace, one of the three Horai, was a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Themis.
ERIS The Goddess of Strife and Warfare was, according to some, a daughter of Zeus and Hera (most,
however, say she was a daughter of Nyx).
ERSA The Goddess of the Dew was a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Selene.
EUNOMIA The Goddess of Good Governance, one of the three Horai, was a daughter of Zeus and the
Titaness Themis.
HARMONIA The Goddess of Harmony was, according to one author, a daughter of Zeus and the Pleiad
Elektra (the usual account makes her a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite who was only fostered by the
Pleiad).
HEBE The Goddess of Youth was a daughter of Zeus and Hera.
HEPHAISTOS The God of Smiths was, according to some, a son of Zeus and Hera (though many say
Hera conceived him without the assistance of Zeus).
HERMES The God of Merchants, Shepherds and Messengers was a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia.
HORAI, THE The three Goddesses of the Seasons (Dike, Eirene, and Eunomia) were daughters of Zeus
and the Titaness Themis.
KABEIROI, THE The Gods of the Mysteries of Samothrake were, according to some, sons of Zeus and
the Mousa Kalliope (most, however, call them sons of Hephaistos and Kabeiro).

KAIROS The God of Opportunity was the youngest divine son of Zeus.
KENTAUROI KYRPIOI, THE A tribe of Kentauroi (Centaurs) from the island of Kypros (in the Eastern
Meditteranean). They sprang from Gaia the Earth when Zeus accidentally impregnated his failed
attempt to make love to Aphrodite.
KHARITES, THE The three Goddesses of Grace, Beauty and Mirth (named Aglaia, Euphrosyne and
Thaleia) were daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Eurynome.
KORYBANTES SAMOTHRAKIOI, THE The orgiastic demi-gods of the Samothrakian Mysteries were
sometimes described as sons of Zeus and the Mousa Kalliope.
LITAI, THE The elderly Goddesses of Prayer were daughters of Zeus.
MELINOE A Demon Goddess of the Underworld, whose body was half black and half white. She as a
daughter of Zeus and Persephone.
MOIRAI, THE The three Goddesses of Fate and Destiny (Atropos, Lakhesis and Klotho) were, according
to some, daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis (others say they were daughters of Nyx, Ananke
or Khaos).
MOUSAI, THE The nine Goddesses of Music and Song (named Kalliope, Terpsikhore, Kleio, Euterpe,
Ourania, Thaleia, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Erato) were daughters of Zeus and the Titaness
Mnemosyne.
NEMEA A Minor Goddess or Nymphe, daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Selene.
NYMPHAI, THE Nymphai in general were sometimes called the daughters of Zeus.
NYMPHAI THEMEIDES, THE Three Goddess-Nymphai were named as daughters of Zeus and the
Titaness Themis.
PALIKOI, THE Twin Gods of the Geysers of Palikoi in Sikelia (Sicily in Southern Italia). They were,
according to some, the sons of Zeus and Thaleia (but others say they were sons of Hephaistos and
Aitna).
PAN The God of Shepherds was, according to one author, the son of Zeus and Hybris (but others
invariably call him a son of Hermes).
PANDEIA A Minor Goddess or Nymphe, daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Selene.
PERSEPHONE The Goddess of the Underworld and Renewal of Spring was a daughter of Zeus and
Demeter (or, according to one account, of Zeus and Styx).
PHASIS The God of the River Phasis of Kolkhis (in the Kaukasos, Europe / Asia border) was, according
to some, a son of Zeus (other say he was a son of Okeanos and Tethys like the other Rivers).
ZAGREOS The God Zagreos was a son of Zeus and his own daughter Persephone. He was slain by the
Titanes, but Zeus recovered the child's heart and fed it to Semele and Zagreos was reborn as the god
Dionysos. [Zagreos and his parents were originally Gods of Thrake, later identified with Greek
counterparts.]
(2) MORTAL OFFSPRING
AIAKOS A King of the island of Aigina (in Southern Greece). He as the son of Zeus and the Nymphe
Aigina.
AITHLIOS The first King of Elis (in Southern Greece), son of Zeus and either Protogeneia or Kalyke.
AKHEILOS A Lydian boy (Asia Minor), son of Zeus and Lamia, who contested with the goddess
Aphrodite in beauty.
ALEXANDROS (the Great) An (historical) King of Makedonia (of Northern Greece) and later Conqueror
of much of the known world. He was, according to legend, a son of Zeus born to the Makedonian Queen
Olympia. [This is a unique example of an historical personage bestowed with mythic origins].

AMPHION A King of Thebes in Boiotia (Central Greece). He was a twin son of Zeus and Antiope.
ARGOS The first King and Eponym of Argos (in Southern Greece). He was a son of Zeus and Niobe.
ARKAS A King and Eponym of Arkadia (in Southern Greece), son of Zeus and Kallisto.
ARKEISIOS A King of the islands of Ithaka and Kephallenia (in Central Greece). He was a son of Zeus,
or according to others, of Kephalos and Prokris.
ATYMNIOS A Lord of Krete (in the Greek Aegean). He was a son of Zeus and Kassiopeia.
DARDANOS The first King of the Troad (in Asia Minor). He was a son of Zeus and Elektra, born on the
island of Samothrake.
DIOSKOUROI, THE Twin Princes of Lakedaimonia (in Southern Greece) born from an egg laid by Queen
Leda. One of the pair, Polydeukes, was fathered by Zeus, but the other, Kastor, was the son of Leda's
husband Tyndareus.
EMATHION A King of the island of Samothrake (in the Greek Aegean). He was a son of Zeus and
Elektra.
ENDYMION A King of Elis (in Southern Greece). He was the son of Kalyke, either by Zeus or her
husband Aithlios.
EPAPHOS A King of Aigyptos (Egypt, in North Africa), son of Zeus and the much-suffering Io.
GRAIKOS A King of the Graikoi tribe of the Pindar Mountains (in Northern Greece). He was a son of
Zeus and Thyia.
HELENE A Queen of Sparta (in Southern Greece), wife of Menelaus, who eloped to Troy with her lover
Paris. She was a daughter of Zeus by Leda or the goddess Nemesis.
HELLEN A King of Northern & Central Greece and Eponym of the Hellenes (or Greeks). He was,
according to some, a son of Zeus and Pyrrha (though others say his father was Pyrrha's husband
Deukalion).
HERAKLES (1) The greatest of the Greek heroes. He was born in the Boiotian city of Thebes (in Central
Greece) to Alkmene who was seduced by Zeus in the form of her own husband.
HERAKLES (2) A son of Zeus and Lysithoe. According to some, he was a hero who was confused with
the younger Herakles (1).
HEROPHILE A Sibylla (or Prophetess) of Libya (in North Africa) and later Delphoi in Phokis (Central
Greece). She was a daughter of Zeus and the Libyan queen Lamia.
IARBAS A King of the Moors (of North Africa). He was a son of Zeus and an African Nymphe.
IASION A Prince of the Island of Samothrake (in the Greek Aegean) and Chief-Priest of the
Samothrakian Mysteries. He was a son of Zeus and Elektra.
KEROESSA A Nymphe or Princess of Byzantion (on the Bosporos Strait separating Europe and Asia).
She was a daughter of Zeus and Io, and mother of Byzas (founder of the famed city).
KOLAXES A Lord of the Tauric Khersonese (in North-Eastern Europe), son of Zeus and the Nymphe
Hora.
KORINTHOS A King and Eponym of Korinthos (in Southern Greece). He was a son of Zeus (or, according
to others, of Epopeus).
KRINAKOS A King of Olenos, Akhaia (in Southern Greece). He was a son of Zeus.
KRONIOS A Lord of the island of Rhodes (in the Greek Aegean), one of three sons borne to Zeus and
the Nymphe Himalia.
KYTOS A Lord of the island of Rhodes (in the Greek Aegean), one of three sons borne to Zeus and the

Nymphe Himalia.
LAKEDAIMON The first King of Lakedaimonia (aka Sparta) (in Southern Greece). He was a son of Zeus
and the Pleiad Taygete.
LATINOS A King of Latium (in Central Italia), son of Zeus and Pandora.
MAGNES The first King and Eponym of Magnesia (in Thessalia, Northern Greece). He was a son of Zeus
and Thyia (or, according to others, of Aiolos and Enarete).
MAKEDON The first King and Eponym of Makedonia (in Northern Greece). He was a son of Zeus and
Thyia.
MANES The first King of Lydia (in Asia Minor), a son of Zeus and Gaia.
MEGAROS The first King of Megara (in Southern Greece), son of Zeus and a Sithnid Nymphe.
MELITEUS A Lord and Eponym of the town of Melite in Phthiotis (in Northern Greece). He was a son of
Zeus and Othris.
MINOS A King of the island of Krete (in the Greek Aegean). He was a son of Zeus and Europa.
MYRMIDON A King of Phthiotis (in Northern Greece) and Epynom of the Myrmidones tribe. He was a son
of Zeus and Eurymedousa.
ORION A Gigante who was born in answer to the prayers of the childless Boiotian (of Central Greece)
King Hyrieus. He was conceived by three gods - Zeus, Hermes and Poseidon - who urinated upon a
bull's hide and buried it in the earth, to grow an earth-born infant.
PELASGOS A King of Arkadia or Argos (in Southern Greece) and Eponym of the Pelasgian tribes. He was
a son of Zeus and Niobe (though others calls him a son of Poseidon and Larissa or an Autokhthon
(Earth-Born).
PEIRITHOUS A King of the Lapithai tribe of Thessalia (Northern Greece) who, according to some, was a
son of Zeus and Dia (though most authors say the father was Dia's husband King Ixion).
PERSEUS A Hero and later King of Argos then Mykenai (in the Argolis, Southern Greece). He was the
son of Zeus and Danae.
POLYDEUKES A Prince of Lakedaimonia (in Southern Greece) who with his twin-brother were known as
the Dioskouroi. Polydeukes was the son of Zeus and Leda, while his twin brother was the son of Leda's
husband Tyndareus.
RHADAMANTHYS A Lawmaker of Krete (in the Greek Aegean), and later resident of Thebes in Boiotia
(Central Greece). Rhadamanthys was a son of Zeus and Europa.
SAON The first King of the island of Samothrake (in the Greek Aegean). According to some he was the
son of Zeus and a local Nymphe (but others say he was a son of Hermes and Rhene).
SARPEDON 1 A King of Lykia (in Asia Minor). He was a son of Zeus and Europa.
SARPEDON 2 A King of Lykia (in Asia Minor) who fought in the Trojan War. He was a son of Zeus and
Laodameia.
SPARTAIOS A Lord of the island of Rhodes (in the Greek Aegean), one of three sons borne to Zeus and
the Nymphe Himalia.
TANTALOS A criminally minded King of Lydia (in Asia Minor), son of Zeus and the Okeanis Plouto.
TARGITAUS The first King of the Skythia (in North-Eastern Europe), son of Zeus and the daughter of
Borysthenes.
TITYOS A Giant of Orkhomenos (in Central Greece) who was, according to some, a son of Zeus and
Elare (though others say he was a fatherless son of Gaia the Earth).

ZETHOS A King of Thebes in Boiotia (Central Greece). He was a twin son of Zeus and Antiope.