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. |
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