Family Trees
List of Trees
The Primordial Gods
Key Names:
Chaos, Gaia, Eros, Tartarus, Erebus, Nyx, Uranus, Pontus, Typhon, Aether, Hemera, Aphrodite
The Earth and Sea
The Earth and the Sky
Key Names:
Gaia, Uranus, Hyperion, Ocean, Tethys, Cronus, Rhea, Coeus, Themis, Mnemosyne, Iapetus, Hecatoncheires, Cyclopes, Helios, Selene, Eos, Zeus, Leto, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Hecate
Zeus and his Family
Key Names:
Gaia, Uranus, Cronus, Rhea, Aphrodite, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus, Hera, Hades, Demeter, Artemis, Apollo, Athena, Hermes, Dionysus, Ares, Hephaestus, Persephone
Zeus and his Children
Key Names:
Zeus, Metis, Leto, Hera, Maia, Semele, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia, Hermes, Dionysus, Themis, Mnemosyne, Eurynome, Moirai, Horae, Muses, Charites, Pan
The House of Cadmus (Thebes)
Key Names:
Agenor, Phoenix, Ares, Aphrodite, Europa, Cadmus, Harmonia, Ino, Autonoe, Semele, Agave, Melicertes, Actaeon, Dionysus, Pentheus, Laius, Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices
The House of Atreus (Mycenae)
Key Names:
Zeus, Oenomaus, Tantalus, Hippodamia, Thyestes, Atreus, Aegisthus, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Menelaus, Helen, Pylades, Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes, Hermione
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Greek: Gaia
Roman: Terra
Goddess of the earth.
Featured in chapter 1.
Greek: Eros
Roman: Cupid or Amor
God of love and desire, either born alongside Aphrodite at the beginning of creation, or a child of Aphrodite and Ares.
Featured in chapter 4.
The deep abyss of the Underworld where the Titans were imprisoned, or the primordial deity personifying the abyss.
Primordial personification of darkness.
Appears in chapter 1.
Greek: Nyx
Roman: Nox
Primordial personification of night. Mother of many deities including Hemera, the Moirai (sometimes), and the Erinyes.
Appears in chapter 1.
Primordial god and personification of the (Mediterranean) sea. Son of Gaia and father of Nereus, Phorcys, and Ceto.
The upper area of the sky or heavens, or the primordial deity personifying this space.
Greek: Hemera
Roman: Dies
Primordial goddess and personification of day.
Greek: Aphrodite
Roman: Venus
Goddess of love and passion.
See chapter 4.
Called Nereus or "The Old Man of the Sea."
A sea god with shapeshifting and prophetic powers. Father of the Nereids and son of Gaia.
A primordial sea god. Father of many deities and monsters, including the Gorgons and the Graeae.
A primordial sea goddess. Mother of many monsters including the Gorgons, the Graeae, and Echidna.
Featured in chapter 20. Also appears in chapter 1.
Nature spirits or nymphs of the sea.
Three sisters (Enyo, Deino, and Pemphredo), daughters of Phorcus and Ceto. Known for sharing one eye and one tooth between the three of them, and for aiding Perseus on his quest for Medusa's head.
Featured in chapter 21.
Three women with snakes for hair, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. The singular ("Gorgon" or "Gorgo") may also be used as a proper noun referring to Medusa alone.
Featured in chapter 20 and chapter 21.
Titan associated with the sun, and father of Helios.
Called Oceanus or Ocean.
The river encircling the earth, or its personification as a Titan. Husband of Tethys and father of the Oceanids.
Titan of freshwater, wife of Oceanus, and mother of many nymphs and other deities.
Greek: Cronus
Roman: Saturn or Saturnus
Titan father of many of the gods, including Zeus and Hera. Son of Gaia and Uranus.
Featured in chapter 1.
A protective object carried by Zeus or Athena, interpreted either as a shield or an animal skin.
Featured in chapter 9 and chapter 20.
A Titan, partner of Pheobe and father of Leto.
Titan of justice and order.
Featured in chapter 3.
Greek: Mnemosyne
Roman: Mnemosyne
Titan of memory. Daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and mother of the Muses.
A Titan, son of Gaia and Uranus, and father of many other Titans including Atlas and Prometheus.
Called Hecatoncheires or Hundred-Handers.
3 hundred-armed giant humanoids (Briareus, Gyges, and Cottus). Children of Gaia and Uranus. Known for being imprisoned by Uranus.
Appear in chapter 1.
One-eyed giant humanoids, and children of Gaia. Known for their skill at crafting, and particularly for forging weapons of the gods. Notable Cyclopes include Polyphemus.
Greek: Helios
Roman: Sol (but in some Roman traditions equated with Apollo)
Personification of the sun.
Appears in chapter 10 and chapter 30.
Greek: Selene
Roman: Luna
Personification of the moon.
Greek: Eos
Roman: Aurora
Personification of the dawn.
Appears in chapter 4.
Greek: Zeus
Roman: Jupiter or Jove
God of the sky, ruler of the Olympian gods.
See chapter 5.
Greek: Leto
Roman: Latona
Titan mother of Artemis and Apollo.
Featured in chapter 12 and chapter 13.
A Titan. Known for creating humankind, for tricking the gods on various occasions, and for being punished (by Zeus) to have his liver eaten daily by an eagle.
See chapter 13.
A Titan. Son of Iapetus, brother of Prometheus and Atlas, father of Pyrrha, and husband of Pandora. Known for his foolishness.
Featured in chapter 14.
A Titan, and father of the Pleiades and Hesperides. Known for being punished to hold up the heavens for eternity.
Featured in chapter 17. Also appears in chapter 21.
Goddess of magic, nighttime rituals, and mystery. Often connected with Medea and Circe, and known for helping Demeter on her search for Persephone.
Appears in chapter 10 and chapter 19.
Greek: Rhea or Cybele
Roman: Magna Mater, Cybele, or Ops
Nature goddesses of various origins who were often equated or conflated. Generally refers to the Titan wife and sister of Cronus, and mother of many of the gods including Zeus and Hera. Her worship often included loud music and wild processions, and she was often associated with Mount Ida.
Featured in chapter 15 (as Cybele). Also appears in chapter 1 (as Rhea).
Greek: Hestia
Roman: Vesta
Maiden goddess of the home and hearth.
Featured in chapter 41.
Greek: Poseidon
Roman: Neptune
God of the sea.
See chapter 7.
Greek: Hera
Roman: Juno
Goddess of marriage, wife of Zeus.
See chapter 6.
Greek: Hades
Roman: Pluto
God of the underworld. Hades may also refer to the underworld itself, the kingdom of Hades.
See chapter 42.
Greek: Demeter
Roman: Ceres
Goddess of agriculture.
See chapter 10.
Greek: Artemis
Roman: Diana
Maiden goddess of wilderness and the hunt, and twin sister of Apollo.
See chapter 13.
God of medicine, archery, oracles, and the sun.
See chapter 12.
Greek: Athena
Roman: Minerva
Goddess of warfare, wisdom, and craft.
See chapter 9.
Greek: Hermes
Roman: Mercury
God of travelers and trickery.
See chapter 16.
Greek: Dionysus
Roman: Bacchus
God of wine and revelry.
See chapter 15.
Greek: Ares
Roman: Mars
God of war.
See chapter 10.
Greek: Hephaestus
Roman: Vulcan
God of fire, smiths, and craftspeople.
See chapter 8.
Greek: Persephone
Roman: Proserpina
Goddess of springtime.
See chapter 10.
Titan of wisdom. Daughter of Ocean and Tethys, and mother of Athena.
Featured in chapter 9.
A nymph and one of the Pleiades, and mother of Hermes.
Featured in chapter 16.
Called Semele (when mortal) or Thyone (after apotheosis).
A princess of Thebes, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, and mother of Dionysus. Born a mortal, but made a goddess after her death.
Featured in chapter 15.
Greek: Hebe
Roman: Juventas
Goddess of youth and third wife of Heracles.
Appears in chapter 17.
Greek: Eileithyia
Roman: Lucina
Goddess of childbirth and labour pains, sometimes depicted as two goddesses called eileithyiae.
Featured in chapter 17.
An Oceanid, daughter of Ocean and Tethys, and mother of the Graces. Known for nursing Hephaestus when he was thrown from Olympus.
Featured in chapter 8.
Called Moirai or Fates.
3 goddesses who appear as old women and control the destinies of living things.
Called Horae or Hours.
Goddesses of the seasons, daughters of Zeus with either Aphrodite or Themis.
9 deities of art, music, poetry, and creativity.
Called Charites or Graces.
3 goddesses of beauty, charm, and grace.
God of shepherds, the wild, and wild music.
A Phoenician king, son of Poseidon, and father of Cadmus and Europa (in some traditions).
Appears in chapter 22.
Eponym of the region of Phoenicia, a son of Agenor, and variously the brother or the father of Cadmus and Europa.
A Phoenician princess, the first queen of Crete, and mother of Minos. Known for being abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete.
Featured in chapter 22.
Founder and first king of Thebes, husband of Harmonia, and father of Ino, Semele, Agave, and Autonoe.
Featured in chapter 15 and chapter 37.
Greek: Harmonia
Roman: Concordia
Personification of harmony. Wife of Cadmus, and mother of Semele, Ino, Autonoe, and Agave.
Featured in chapter 15.
Called Ino (mortal) or Leucothea (after apotheosis).
Daughter of Cadmus, sister of Semele, and mother of Melicertes/Palaemon. Known for being a maenad and a nurse of Dionysus. Upon her death, she was transformed into a sea goddess and worshipped as "Leucothea".
Featured in chapter 15 and chapter 18.
A maenad, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, and mother of Actaeon. Known for being a nurse of Dionysus.
Featured chapter 15.
A leader of the maenads. Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, and mother of Pentheus. Known for being a nurse of Dionysus, and for killing her son.
Featured in chapter 15.
Called Melicertes (before apotheosis) or Palaemon (after apotheosis)
A son of Athamas and Ino. Known for becoming a god after being thrown into the sea by his mother.
Appears in chapter 15 and chapter 18.
A hero from Thebes and daughter of Autonoe. Known for being killed by his hunting dogs as punishment from Artemis.
Featured in chapter 13.
A king of Thebes and son of Agave. Known for being killed by his mother as punishment for refusing to worship Dionysus.
Featured in chapter 15.
A king of Thebes, husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus. Known for being killed by Oedipus, according to a prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi.
Featured in chapter 37.
A king of Thebes, and son of Jocasta and Laius. Known for accidentally killing his father and marrying his mother Jocasta in fulfilment of an oracle.
Featured in chapter 37.
A queen of Thebes, wife of Laius and later (accidentally) of her son Oedipus.
Featured in chapter 37.
A king of Thebes, and brother of Jocasta. Known for refusing to bury Polynices, leading to the deaths of his wife, his son Haemon, and his niece Antigone.
Featured in chapter 37.
A daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, and sister of Polynices and Eteocles. Known for defying her uncle Creon by burying Polynices, as told in Sophocles' play Antigone.
Featured in chapter 37.
A son of Oedipus and Jocasta, and brother of Polynices. Known for defending against the Seven Against Thebes, and for dying in a duel with his brother Polynices.
Featured in chapter 37.
A son of Oedipus and Jocasta, brother of Eteocles, and one of the Seven Against Thebes. Known for dying in his duel with his brother Eteocles.
Featured in chapter 37.
A king of Pisa and father of Hippodamia. Known for dying in a chariot race against Pelops after an oracle foretold that he would be killed by his son-in-law.
A son of Zeus, and father of Pelops and Niobe. Known for stealing nectar and ambrosia for the gods, and for attempting to feed his son Pelops to the gods in stew. For this crime, he was punished in the afterlife and his descendants (the house of Atreus) were cursed.
Featured in chapter 5, chapter 39, and chapter 41.
A queen of Pisa, daughter of Oenomaus and wife of Pelops. Known for being married to Pelops after he "won" her in a chariot race.
Appears in chapter 39.
A king of Olympia, son of Pelops and brother of Atreus. Known for quarrelling with Atreus for the throne.
Appears in chapter 29 and chapter 30.
A king of Mycenae, father or ancestor of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and son of Pelops.
Featured in chapter 39.
A king of Mycenae and partner of Clytemnestra. Known for killing Atreus and for helping Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon.
Featured in chapter 30 and appears in chapter 41.
A king of Mycenae. Son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus, husband of Clytemnestra, and father of Iphigenia, Orestes, and Electra. Known for his participation in the Trojan War, for sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia, and for being killed by his wife Clytemnestra.
Featured in chapter 26, chapter 27, and chapter 30, and appears in chapter 41.
A queen of Mycenae, wife of Agamemnon, and daughter of Leda and Tyndareus. Known for killing Agamemnon, and for being killed by her son Orestes.
Featured in chapter 26 and chapter 30. Also appears in chapter 9 and chapter 41.
A king of Sparta, husband of Helen, and brother of Agamemnon. Known for his role in the Trojan War.
Featured in chapter 26 and chapter 27.
A Spartan princess, daughter of Leda and Zeus, and wife of Menelaus. Known for her beauty, and for being abducted by Paris and taken to Troy, sparking the Trojan War.
Featured in chapter 26, chapter 28, and chapter 30. Also appears in chapter 22.
A prince of Phocis and nephew of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Known for helping Orestes kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
Featured in chapter 30.
A daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes and Electra. Known for being sacrificed to Artemis by her father, and (in some versions) for being made immortal upon her death.
Featured in chapter 13, chapter 26, and chapter 30.
A princess of Mycenae, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Iphigenia and Orestes. Known for helping Orestes plan to kill Clytemnestra.
Featured in chapter 30.
A son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and brother of Iphigenia and Electra. Known for killing his mother as revenge for her killing of Agamemnon.
Featured in chapter 9 and chapter 30. Also appears in chapter 26.
The daughter of Helen and Menelaus, and wife of Neoptolemus and later of Orestes.
