family tree of the greek gods Thousands of years ago, the ancient Greeks came up with stories about mythical gods that created them and embodied various aspects of the world. They were not like the Judeo-Christian God; they were more like humans, they were fallible, and they were not all-powerful. They also had many relations with each other and with mortals. This family tree attempts to shed some light on the convoluted relationships and origins of some of the most well-known Olympian gods, as well as others. kHAOS, the primal void gaia, mother earth Ouranos, father sky coeus, cosmic knowledge leto, goddess of womanhood Phoebe, cosmic wisdom maia, the sky nymph semele, a mortal hermes the messenger Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and love rhea, mother of gods poseidon, king of the sea hades, lord of the dead apollo, the sun god artemis, goddess of the hunt persephone, goddess of spring athena, goddess of wisdom and warfare hera, queen of gods ares, god of bloodshed hephaestus, master of the forge dionysus, god of wine and merrymaking kronos, lord of the titans atlas, holding the sky zeus, king of the gods, god of thunder Born of sea foam Emerged from Zeus’ skull fully grown Born without a father Child Parents Siblings Key Demeter, the harvest goddess