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Zues is my favorite greek god because he has 4 brothers and sisters. The brothers and sisters names are posedian,hades,hestia,hera. He has A wife named hera and a mother named rhea anda fauther named cronus. His chrildren are Aeacus, Angelos, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses, the Moirai. I mostly like zues because ZEUS was the king of the gods, and god of the sky, weather, fate and law.

This page provides an expansive overview of the children of Zeus. The majority were linked to him with only the briefest of genealogical references. Most of these were …show more content…

ARES The god of war was a son of Zeus and his wife Hera.

ARTEMIS The goddess of hunting and Protectress of Young Girls was a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Leto.

ASOPOS (Asopus) The god of the river Asopos in Argos (Southern Greece) was, according to some, the son of Zeus and Eurynome (most accounts, however, call him a son of Okeanos and Tethys).

ATE The goddess of blind folly and ruin was, according to some, a daughter of Zeus (others say she was born fatherless to Eris).

ATHENE (Athena) The goddess of warcraft, wisdom and craft was sprung directly from the head of Zeus. Her mother was the Titaness Metis whom Zeus had swallowed whole in pregnancy. BRITOMARTIS The goddess of hunting and fishing nets was a daughter of Zeus and the Nymphe Karme.

DIKE The goddess of justice, one of the three Horai, was a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Themis.

DIONYSOS (Dionysus) The god of wine and debauchery was a son of Zeus and Semele (or in a few unorthodox accounts, of Zeus and Demeter or Dione).

EILEITHYIA The goddess of childbirth was a daughter of Zeus and Hera.

EIRENE (Irene) The goddess of peace, one of the three Horai, was a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness …show more content…

NYMPHAI (Nymphs) Nymphs in general were sometimes called the daughters of Zeus.

NYMPHAI THEMEIDES Three goddess-nymph daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis.

PALIKOI (Palici) Twin gods of the geysers of Palikoi in Sicily (southern Italy). They were, according to some, the sons of Zeus and Thaleia (but others say they were sons of Hephaistos and Aitna).

PAN The god of shepherds was, according to one author, the son of Zeus and Hybris (but others invariably call him a son of Hermes).

PANDEIA A minor goddess-nymph, daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Selene.

PERSEPHONE The goddess of the underworld and spring renewal was a daughter of Zeus and Demeter (or, according to one account, of Zeus and Styx).

PHASIS The gd of the river Phasis of Kolkhis (eastern Black Sea) was, according to some, a son of Zeus (other say he was a son of Okeanos and Tethys like the other Rivers).

ZAGREUS A divine son of Zeus and his own daughter Persephone. He was slain by the Titanes, but Zeus recovered the child's heart and fed it to Semele and Zagreos was reborn as the god

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