1. GODS & GODDESSES
FAMILY TREE

2. TITANS CRONUS RHEA Cronus Swallows these 5 Hera Hestia Demeter
HAVE 6 CHILDREN
Cronus Swallows these 5
Hera
Hestia
Demeter
Poseidon
Hades
Rhea hides one
Zeus

3. God of heaven, earth, and men.
Zeus
God of heaven, earth, and men.
Married his sister Hera
Symbol is the thunderbolt

4. Poseidon-
Zeus’ Brother
God of the sea.
Symbol is the trident

5. Hades- God of the underworld. He is Zeus’ brother.
Symbol is helmet of invisibility

6. Symbol is the sacred fire
Hestia-
Goddess of hearth
Zeus’ SISTER
Symbol is the sacred fire

7. Hera
Zeus’ sister
Goddess of marriage
Symbol is the golden crown

8. Demeter Goddess of plants and agriculture. Zeus’ Sister
Symbols are the rake and ear of corn

9. marries his first wife before Hera
ZEUS
METIS
marries his first wife before Hera
Eats wife & child springs from his head
Athena
*Goddess of: Wisdom, War, Weaving, Skill & law
*Symbols--the owl & armor
*Held a grudge for those who had wronged her
* Zeus was cheating on Metis with Hera, and had children with her at the same time.

10. ZEUS HERA marries his sister They have a child Hephaestus
*Hera kicked him off Mount Olympus because he was so ugly
*God of Fire & Forge
*Welcomed back to Olympus B/C he was a skilled craftsman.
*Symbols are the anvil and hammer

11. ZEUS HERA marries his sister They have a child Ares *God of War
*Loved the glory of war but was a big coward
*Ran to his mother when hurt
*Cry could be heard from miles
*Zeus considered the worst of his children
* Symbols are sword and spear

12. ZEUS LETO They have a twins Artemis Apollo
*Goddess of: Hunting, Moon, Virginity, and Child Birth
*Didn’t believe that people should have to marry someone. Being alone was ok.
*Virgin Goddess
*Symbol is the silver bow and arrows
*God of the Sun, Arts, Poetry, Medicine
*He had “admiration” with many woman.
* Symbols are lyre and the golden chariot

13. ZEUS Semele They have a child *God: Wine, revelry and theater
Dionysus
*God: Wine, revelry and theater
*The only god born to a mortal. Mom was human.
*Symbol is grapes

14. ZEUS MAIA They have a child
HERMES
*God of: Trade, Tricksters, Wind, Travelers, & Thieves.
* Appears in more myths than any other god or goddess
*Symbol is the winged sandals

15. APHRODITE Parents are unknown
Could be a child from the foam from the sea and Zeus’ father, Cronus’, blood.
Could be a child of Zeus and Dione.
Goddess of: Love, Beauty, Laughter , Desires & Pleasures
Most beautiful, all Gods wanted her, but Zeus gave her to Hephaestus.
Most “FRIENDLY" of the goddesses.
Symbols are roses and doves