For actual myths featuring Zeus, his loves and children see the 'Zeus Loves' pages.ĪGDISTIS A Hermaphroditic God born when Zeus accidentally impregnated Gaia the Earth. The quotes on this page are merely a collection of odd genealogical references.
Most of these were the mythical founders of royal and noble houses who naturally wanted to claim descent from the king of the gods. The majority were linked to him with only the briefest of genealogical references.
This page provides an expansive overview of the children of Zeus. ZEUS was the king of the gods, and god of the sky, weather, fate and law. Jupiter Zeus, birth of Dionysus, and Hermes, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston