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The Children of Zeus

Zeus was the Greek father of the gods and humans.  He had many wives (consorts) and children.  His first wife, Hera and many Titans, hated them all.  According to Wikipedia, these are his wives and children:



Divine offspring

Mother
Children
AegaAegipan[12]
Ananke or ThemisMoirai/Fates1
  1. Atropos
  2. Clotho
  3. Lachesis
Demeter
  1. Persephone
  2. Zagreus
Dione or ThalassaAphrodite
Eos
  1. Ersa
  2. Carae
ErisLimos
Eurynome/Eurydome/
Eurymedusa/Euanthe		Charites/Graces2
  1. Aglaea
  2. Euphrosyne
  3. Thalia
Gaia
  1. Orion
  2. Manes
Hera
  1. Ares3
  2. Eileithyia
  3. Eris
  4. Hebe3
  5. Hephaestus3
  6. Angelos
Leto
  1. Apollo
  2. Artemis
MaiaHermes
MetisAthena4
Mnemosyne
  1. Muses (Original three)
    1. Aoide
    2. Melete
    3. Mneme
  2. Muses (Later nine)
    1. Calliope
    2. Clio
    3. Erato
    4. Euterpe
    5. Melpomene
    6. Polyhymnia
    7. Terpsichore
    8. Thalia
    9. Urania
NemesisHelen of Troy (possibly)
Persephone
  1. Zagreus
  2. Melinoe
Selene
  1. Ersa
  2. Nemean Lion
  3. Pandia
ThaliaPalici
Themis
  1. Astraea
  2. Nymphs of Eridanos
  3. Nemesis
  4. Horae
    1. First Generation
      1. Auxo
      2. Carpo
      3. Thallo
    2. Second Generation
      1. Dike
      2. Eirene
      3. Eunomia
    3. Third generation
      1. Pherusa
      2. Euporie
      3. Orthosie
Unknown motherAletheia
Unknown motherAte
Unknown motherCaerus
Unknown motherLitae
Unknown motherTyche



Semi-divine/mortal offspring

Mother
Children
Aegina
  1. Aeacus
  2. Damocrateia[13]
AlcmeneHeracles
Antiope
  1. Amphion
  2. Zethus
AnaxitheaOlenus
Asterope, OceanidAcragas
CallistoArcas
CalyceAethlius (possibly)
Callirhoe (daughter of Achelous)no known offspring
CarmeBritomartis
CassiopeiaAtymnius
Chaldene
  1. Solymus
  2. Milye
DanaëPerseus
DiaPirithous
Elara
  1. Tityos
Electra
  1. Dardanus
  2. Iasion
  3. Harmonia
Europa
  1. Minos
  2. Rhadamanthus
  3. Sarpedon
  4. Alagonia
  5. Carnus
  6. Dodon[14]
EurymedousaMyrmidon
EuryodeiaArcesius
Himalia
  1. Kronios
  2. Spartaios
  3. Kytos
Idaea, nymphCres
IodameThebe
Io
  1. Epaphus
  2. Keroessa
IsonoeOrchomenus
Lamia
  1. Akheilos
  2. Herophile
LaodamiaSarpedon
Leda
  1. Pollux
  2. Helen of Troy5
MaeraLocrus
Niobe
  1. Argus
  2. Pelasgus
OthreisMeliteus
Pandora
  1. Graecus
  2. Latinus
Phthia (daughter of Phoroneus)Achaeus (possibly)
PloutoTantalus
Podarge
  1. Balius
  2. Xanthus
Protogeneia
  1. Aethlius (possibly)
  2. Opus
PyrrhaHellen
SemeleDionysus
TaygeteLacedaemon
Thyia
  1. Magnes
  2. Makednos
TorrhebiaCarius
Nymph AfricanIarbas
Nymph SamothracianSaon (possibly)
Nymph SithnidMegarus
Unknown mother
  1. Calabrus
  2. Geraestus
  3. Taenarus
Unknown motherCorinthus
Unknown motherCrinacus

I will be looking into all of their stories as well as the stories of the mythological creatures from around the world.


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