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The PEDIGREE of
 Zeus the OLYMPIAN
   aka Zeus (Jupiter) of OLYMPUS; Greek GOD of the Sky; `Cloud gatherer'; 3rd/4th Ruler GOD of the Universe

Born:  Crete (hidden in a cave)

HM George I's Ancestor.       Poss. Jullus of Rome's Great-Grandfather.
 Wives/Partners:         Dino the GRAEAE   ;   Callisto of ARCADIA   ;   Procris of ATHENS   ;   Semele of THEBES   ;   Metis the OCEANID   ;   Aegina   ;   Hera (Queen of the GODS)   ;   Alcmena of MYCENAE   ;   Dione the OCEANID   ;   Lysithoe   ;   Danae of ARGOS   ;   Antiope of THEBES   ;   Agdos, the Mountain GODDESS   ;   Nemesis the OCEANID   ;   daughter of Pluto   ;   Taygete the PLEIADE   ;   Niobe of ARGOS (ARGUS)   ;   Maia the (oldest) PLEIADE   ;   Thyia of PTHIA   ;   Leto the TITAN   ;   Europa of PHOENICIA   ;   Gaia (Gaea) the Earth GODDESS   ;   Calyce of ELIS
 Children:         Venila the NYMPH   ;   Dionysos (GOD of Wine)   ;   Aeacus (King) of AEGINA   ;   Ares (GOD of War)   ;   Hephaestus, GOD of Fire   ;   Heracles the Elder   ;   Agdistis the DAIMON   ;   Hebe, GODDESS of Youth   ;   Helen of SPARTA   ;   Tantalus (King) of PHRYGIA   ;   Lacedaemon (King) of LACEDAEMON   ;   Argus (King) of ARGOS   ;   Hermes (the Messenger GOD)   ;   Apollo the OLYMPIAN   ;   Minos `the Elder' (King) of CRETE   ;   Manes (1st King) of LYDIA   ;   Artemis (GODDESS of the Hunt)   ;   poss. Pan   ;   poss. the Muses (q.v.)   ;   Eileithyia (Goddess of Childbirth)   ;   Persephone   ;   poss. Dardan (q.v.)   ;   the Graces (by Eurynome)   ;   (by Themis) the Hours   ;   the Fates   ;   Astraea (Goddess of Justice)   ;   poss. Epaphus Pharaoh of Egypt (q.v.)   ;   poss. the Corybantes (q.v.)   ;   etc.
 Possible Children:         Arcisius the ARGONAUT (?)   ;   Orseis the NYMPH   ;   Minerva (Athena) GODDESS of Wisdom   ;   Heracles (Alcides Hercules) of THEBES   ;   Aphrodite Pandemos   ;   Perseus of MYCENAE   ;   Magnes of THESSALY   ;   Endymion (King) of ELIS   ;   Arcas (King) of ARCADIA   ;   Pelasgus of the PELASGIANS   ;   Amphion (King) of THEBES
 Alternative Fathers of Possible Children:         male spirit of Artemis   ;   Cephalus of CEPHALLENIA   ;   Achelous the RIVER GOD   ;   source: Osiris, GOD of Egypt   ;   poss. Poseidon, q.v.   ;   Amphitryon of MYCENAE   ;   poss. The foam of the sea   ;   Proetus (King) of TIRYNS   ;   Iasus (King) of MINYAN ORCHOMENUS   ;   Aeolus of THESSALY, q.v.   ;   Aethlius (King) of ELIS   ;   Palaechthon of the PELASGIANS   ;   The Soil, q.v.
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/-- Aether (the Upper Sky; Primordial GOD)   +====> [ 7]
/-- Uranus (1st Ruler GOD of the Universe)
| \-- Hemera (GODDESS)   +====> [ 6]
/   | or: her daughter Gaia, q.v.
/-- Cronos (Kronos) the TITAN
| \  /-- Aether (the Upper Sky; Primordial GOD)   +====> [ 7]
| | /   | or: Eros, q.v.
| \-- Gaia (Gaea) the Earth GODDESS
/   \-- Hemera (GODDESS)   +====> [ 6]
- Zeus the OLYMPIAN
\   /-- Aether (the Upper Sky; Primordial GOD)   +====> [ 7]
| /-- Uranus (1st Ruler GOD of the Universe)
| | \-- Hemera (GODDESS)   +====> [ 6]
| /   | or: her daughter Gaia, q.v.
\-- Rhea (Rheia) the TITAN
\  /-- Aether (the Upper Sky; Primordial GOD)   +====> [ 7]
| /   | or: Eros, q.v.
\-- Gaia (Gaea) the Earth GODDESS
\-- Hemera (GODDESS)   +====> [ 6]
 

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