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Introduction to Mythology
The Gods and
Goddesses of
Mount Olympus
From: http://greek-gods.info/greek-gods/
The superior
King (father) of
the Gods and
Ruler of
Mankind
Parents: Zeus was the last child of the Titans
Cronus and Rhea.
Siblings: Zeus had five older siblings. Two
brothers (Poseidon, Hades), and three sisters
(Hestia, Hera, Demeter).
Wife: Zeus married his own sister Hera
Parents: Hera was a child of the Titans Cronus
and Rhea.
Siblings: Hera had five siblings. Three brothers
(Poseidon, Hades and Zeus) and two sisters
(Hestia and Demeter).
Husband: Zeus, the King of the Gods.
Children: Eilithyia, the goddess of childbirth,
Ares, the Olympian god of war, Hebe, the
goddess of youth and Hephaestus, the
Olympian god of Metallurgy.
Queen of the Gods.
The mature
goddess of
the Family.
The moody
god of the Seas.
Parents: Poseidon was a child of the Titans
Cronus and Rhea.
Siblings: Poseidon had five siblings. Two
brothers (Zeus and Hades) and three sisters
(Hestia, Hera and Demeter).
Wife: the sea-goddess Amphitrite. However,
according to a tradition, Poseidon was married
more than once.
The gloomy
god of the
Underworld.
Parents: Hades was a child of the Titans Cronus
and Rhea.
Siblings: Hades had five siblings. Two younger
brothers (Zeus, Poseidon), and three sisters
(Hestia, Hera and Demeter).
Wife: Persephone, whom he abducted from his
sister Demeter and took with him down to the
Underworld.
Parents: Apollo was born by Zeus, the King of
the Gods, and the Titaness Leto on the Greek
island of Delos.
Siblings: Apollo had an older twin sister, the
Greek goddess of the hunt Artemis.
Relationships: The Nymphs Cyrene and
Daphne and the mortal Coronis.
Children: Asclepius (the god of Healing), the
legendary musician Orpheus and the heroes
Troilus and Aristaeus.
The youthful
god of the
Sun, Prophecy,
and Music
The wild
goddess of
the Moon,
Wildlife, and Hunting.
Parents: Artemis was born as a daughter of
Zeus, the Ruler of the Greek gods and the
Titaness Leto on Mount Cynthus at the island of
Delos in Greece.
Siblings: Artemis had a twin brother, Apollo.
Apollo was the god of the Sun, whereas
Artemis' cult was connected to the Moon.
Artemis was born before Apollo and helped her
mother give birth to her little brother.
Goddess Artemis never married.
Parents: Goddess Athena was a daughter of
Zeus, the King of the Gods, and Metis, the first
wife of Zeus, who was keeping inside herself all
the world's wisdom.
Athena never married and had no children.
The sophisticated
goddess of
Wisdom and Arts
The sensual
goddess of
Love and Beauty.
Husband and Relationships: Aphrodite was
married to the lame smith Hephaestus, the
Olympian God of the Iron, but her heart was
devoted to Ares, the God of War.
Famous Children: According to a myth,
Aphrodite gave birth to Eros, the winged cupid
of love and was often accompanied by him.
Other children of Aphrodite were Himeros
(desire), Pothos(desire), Phobos(fear), Deimos
(terror), Armonia (Harmony) and the Nymph
Rhode.
Parents: Ares was a son of Zeus, the King of the
Gods, and Hera, the goddess of marriage.
Siblings: Eilithyia, the goddess of childbirth,
Hebe, the goddess of youth and Hephaestus,
the Olympian god of Metallurgy.
Relationships: Ares' secret love was Aphrodite,
the goddess of Love and Beauty.
Children: Among Ares' children with Aphrodite
were Himeros (desire), Pothos (desire), Phobos
(fear), Deimos (terror), Armonia (harmony),
Eros (love) and Anteros (mutual love).
The fierce
god of War.
The ill-favored
god of Metallurgy
(Metalwork),
Artistry, and Craft.
Parents: Hephaestus was a son of Zeus, the
King of the Gods, and Hera, the goddess of
marriage.
Siblings: Eilithyia, the goddess of childbirth,
Hebe, the goddess of youth and Ares, the
Olympian god of War.
Wife: Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
Parents: Hestia was the eldest daughter of the
Titans Cronus and Rhea.
Siblings: Hestia had five siblings. Three brothers
(Zeus, Hades and Poseidon), and two sisters
(Hera and Demeter).
Goddess Hestia never married.
The calm
goddess of the
Hearth, Home,
and Family.
Parents: Hermes was the son of Zeus, the King
of the Gods, and the mountain Nymph Maea,
who was a daughter of the Titan Atlas. Hermes
was born inside a cave on Mount Cyllene in
Arcadia, southern Greece.
Famous Children: Hermaphroditus and the
Satyr Pan.
The cunning Messenger
god of the Trade. (Also
Eloquence and Speech)
The natural goddess
of the Agriculture
and Harvest.
Parents: Demeter was a child of the Titans
Cronus and Rhea.
Siblings: Demeter had five siblings. Three
brothers (Zeus, Poseidon and Hades), and two
sisters (Hestia and Hera).
Children: Persephone, the goddess of the
Underworld.
The joyful
god of Wine.
Parents: Dionysus was a son of Zeus, the King
of the Gods and the beautiful princess Semele.
Because of his mortal mother, his birthplace
Thebes refused to acknowledge him as an
immortal at first.
Relationships: Aphrodite, the goddess of love,
and Nyx, the goddess of the night.
Wife: Ariadne, the princess of Crete
Famous Children: Priapus, Phthonus, Deianira
Iris was the daughter of the sea god Thaumas
and the Oceanid Electra. She was a
granddaughter of Gaea (the goddess of Earth)
and the sea god Pontus. She was a sister of the
winged Harpies.
The goddess
of the rainbow.
Iris