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Family Tree of the Greek Gods

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Marked are the 12 Gods of Olympus and the gods who reigned the world a time (Uranos, Cronus and Zeus).

                                    Chaos
                                      |
                              +-------+--------------+------+
                              |                      |      |
                            Gaia                  Tartarus  Eros
                             |                       |
               +--------+----+-----+------------+    |
               |        |    |     |            |    |
            Python      |    |  +--+----+       +--+-+
                        |    |  |       |          |
                        |    | Uranus  Pontus    +-+------+
                        |    |   | |     |       |        |
                        |    +-+-+ |   +-+--+   Echidna  Typhon
                        |      |   |   |    |
                        |      |   +-+-+    |
                        |      |    /       |
                        |      |   /        |
      ,------------------------|--'         |
     /                  |      |            |
    /                   +------|------+-----+
   |                           |       \
   |                           |        '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
   |                           |                                                                                                      \
   |                +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------|------------+--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
   |                |                                                                                                     |            |            |                    |                                                      |                     |
   |                | (Titan)                                                                                           | (Cyclopes) |            | (Hecantochires)   |(Gigantes)                                            | (Erinyes)           | (Meliae)
   |                |                                                                                                     |            |            |                    |                                                      |                     |
   |       +------+-+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+---------+--------+-------+        +--------+--------+   |    +-------+------+             +----------+-----------+--------+-------+       +------+-+----------+         ...
   |       |      |       |        |        |        |        |       |      |         |        |       |        |        |        |   |    |       |      |             |          |           |        |       |       |        |          |
   |   Oceanus  Coeus  Hyperion  Crius  Iapetus   Cronus  Tethys  Rhea  Themis  Mnemosyne  Phoebe  Theia   Brontes  Steropes  Arges | Briareus  Gyges  Cottu          Alcyoneus  Clytias  Enceladus  Echion  Athos   Alecto  Tisiphone  Megaera
   |      |        |        |               |         ||      |       |      |         |        |       |                              |                                                                          
   |      +----+---|----------------------------------||------+       |      |         |        |       |                           +--+----+--------+------+-------+
   |           |   +--------|-----+---------|---------||--------------|-------\---------\-------+       |                           |       |        |      |       |
 Aphrodite     |(Oceanid)   |     |         |         |+--------+-----+        \         \              |                        Nereus  Thaumas  Phorcys  Ceto  Eurybia
   | |         |            +-----|---------|---------|---------|---------------\---------\------------++                           |                |      |
   | |   +-----++----+-----+      |         |         |         |                \         \            \                           |                +--+---+
   | |   |      |    |     |      |         |         |         |                 \         \            \                          |                   |
   | | Asopus ... Clymene Doris   |         |         |         |                  \         \            +----+------+-----+       |                   | (Phorcyden[?])
   | +----|----------|-----|------|---------|--------++         |                   \         \                |      |     |       |                   | 
   |      |          +-----|---+--|---------+         \         |                    \         \             Selene  Eos  Helios    |                 +-+--------+-----------------+----------+---------------------+-----------------+----------------+
   |      |                +---|--|--------------------\--------|---------------------\---------\--------------|------|------------++                 |          |                 |          |                     |                 |                |
   |      |        +--------+--+--|----+------------+   \       |                      \         \             |      |             \                Echidna     | (Gorgon)    Ladon        | (Graeae)           |(Hesperides)   Scylla             | (Siren[?])
   |      |        |        |     |    |            |   Pothos  |                       \         \   Metis    |      |              \ (50 Nereid)              |                            |                     |                                  |
   |      |     Atlas   Epimetheus| Prometheus  Menoetius       |                        \         \    |      |      |               +-----------+-----+        +-------+-------+         +--+--+-------+         ++------+--------+---------+       ...
   |      |       |               |                             |                         \         \   |      |      |               |           |     |        |       |       |         |     |       |         |       |        |         |
   |      |       |        +------+--+         +-------+-------++----+-------+-------+     \         \  |      |      |            Amphitrite  Thetis  ...     Medusa  Sthenno  Euryale  Deino  Enyo  Pemphredo  Aegle  Arethusa  Erytheia  Hesperia
   |      |       |        |         |         |       |       |     |       |       |      \         \ |      |      |
   |      |     Maia     Asteria   Leto     Hestia  Demeter  Hera  Hades  Poseidon  Zeus     \         \|      |      |
   |      |      |                  |                 |        |                      |       \         |      |      |
   |      |      |                  |                 |        |                  +++++++++++  |        |\     |      |
   |      |      |                  |                 |        |                  |||| ||||||  |        | \    |      |
   |      |      |                  |                 |        +----+-------------+||| |||||+--|---+----+  |   |      |
   |      |      +------+-----------|-----------------|-------------|--------------+|| ||||+-+-+   |       |   |      |
   |      |             |           |              +--|----+--------+--+--------+   || |||+--|-----|--+----+   |      |        (Muse)
   |      |           Hermes        +--+-----------|--|----|-----------|--------|---+| |||   |     |  +--------|------------+-------+------+-----+--------+----------+----------+-------+--------+------+---------+---------+
   |      |               |            |         Ares |Eileithyia  Hephaistos  Hebe  | ||++--|-----|-----------+      |     |       |      |     |        |          |          |       |        |      |         |         |
   |    Aegina            |            |          |   |                              | || |  \-----|---------\        |   Melete  Mneme  Aoede  Clio  Melpomene  Terpsichore  Thalia  Euterpe  Erato  Urania  Polyhymnia  Calliope
   |      |               |            |          |   +---+--------------------------+ |+-|--------|---+------\-------+
   |      +----------+----|-----------------------|-------|----------------------------+  |        |   |     ,-+--------------------------------+---------------------+
   |                 |    |            |          |       |                           +-+-+---+ Athene |    /                                   |                     | 
   |               Aeacus |       +----+--+       |      Persephone/                        | |     |       Ersa |(Horae)                             |(Moirae)           Astraea
   +---+                  |       |       |       |    Persephone                    ..... Pandia          |                                    |
   |   |                  |    Artemis  Apollo    |                                                +----+--+---+-----+-------+-------+      +---+-----+--------+
   |   |                  |                       |                                                |    |      |     |       |       |      |         |        |
   |   +-----+------------|-----------------------+                                             Auxo  Carpo  Thallo Dike  Eunomia  Eirene  Clotho  Lachesis  Atropos
   |         |            |
   +---------|-----+------+
             |     |
        +----+-+---|----+--------+
        |      |   |    |        | 
     Anteros  Eros | Harmonia  Himeros
                   |
      +----------+-+----------+-------+------+
      |          |            |       |      |
   Eunomia  Hermaphroditus  Peitho  Rhodos  Tyche

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