Talk:Family tree of the Greek gods

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[edit] Heracles

Heracles should be there and he should be added immediately along with Alexiares and Anicetus and Alcmene (because she also was deified after her death).

[edit] Pontus

Pontus is the child of Gaea and Aether, not just Gaea. He and Gaea then had quite a few children. I'm going to try and add the children of Typhon and Echidna myself, but Pontus' line is to confusing for me.

[edit] Afrodite

I remember that I have read that Afrodite was from foam surreunded Uranos' cutoff genital in the ocean. Sollution?Hannu 07:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Firstly you spelt her name wrong. Aphrodite. secondly, it was Zeus who severed them with a crop sword thing 9forgotten the propper name) off his father Kronos and they fell into the sea and out pops Goddess (and ever beautiful) Aphrodite...Goddess of Sex,Love and fertility. METALFREAK04 19:48, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] image maps

We need a facility for making image maps... Martin 17:46 26 Jul 2003 (UTC)

This will be ugly complicated no matter how we display it. And look at the amount of incest. Rmhermen 13:51, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] book

There is a book dedicated to this topic (about two years ago). Sorry, I cannot remember its title. -- Toytoy 03:34, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Eris

Where is Eris? --Anaraug 05:29, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Eris is now listed under Nyx's children. Tuxedohamm 00:53, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] great job

I am just a ramdom reader of the Wikipedia. In my opinion, you guys really have done a great job but this family tree is quite difficult to read. A family tree is useful for beginners to understand the complicated relationships between all gods. However this one is quite confusing that all the lines are in the same colours. Maybe a graphic version will be better. Anyway, very well done. - PBN

[edit] Another tree

There is a family tree @ http://ludios.org/science/greekgods/image and since every god you click on leads to wikipedia, I don't see why someone can't just see if that can be put here instead because i cant understand this one at all.

[edit] joke

I looked at the family tree and.. micheal jackson aint no greek god. Very funny.. 0.0;


LMFAO -Smoke Weed

[edit] Changes needed

I do not know enough about Greek mythology but, although the current tree is impressive, it's just not readable. I'm not sure if the current tree should simply be replaced, or if it should be left intact with a better one linked to (the mentioned http://ludios.org/science/greekgods/image is impressive).

Also, what might be best is having a less extended one on the Wikipedia page (With an obvious mention that it's simplified), and links to complete trees. Because a text only tree is very hard to understand, and make it complete (and complex), not fitting the window and it's just too confusing to use. So maybe a simplified one on Wikipedia, and a link to the more complete one found at Ludios.org.

For now I will simply place a link to the one at Ludios.org. I can't find a less extended tree because I lack the knowledge to verify it, I wouldn't be comfortable replacing the current tree and so. Hopefully someone qualified will clean this page. --A Sunshade Lust 21:25, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

If anyone do changes on this page, he could be interested in this czech version: cs:Soubor:Genealogie řeckých bohů.png - available source is SVG and it is derived from this page. It is not that genealogical like that version at ludios, but it could by modified. But I think that Greak gods relations are so hypothetical, that instead of using genealogy, it is more lucid to use some map. Genealogy and relations is changing from author to author and I think version on this page is Hesiodos version (but I em not sure). --Adam 62.177.70.211 22:54, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
I find it interesting that Tyche, Rhodos, Peitho, Eunomia, and Hermaphroditus are kids of Apollo and Hermes... two male gods. While they were quite close (with Hermes being Apollo's "most beloved", according to Homer), I doubt they had children. These should be linked under Hermes and Aphrodite. 24.3.194.152 06:57, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
It's fixed now. —W. Flake (talk) 19:30, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Make the family tree clearer

It's quite obvious that this family tree is difficult to understand. The page needs great change and improvement. I suggest that we can follow the one here. It is much readable and links can be added to the names. I think that we should base on that format and make a similar one here.

[edit] {{familytree}}

I will be working to change this page to use the familytree template. This change is being made boldly and with the note on Category:Articles with ASCII art taken into account. Comments welcome here or on my talk page. Thanks! - Corbin Be excellent 21:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I can only wish you good luck. Back when I first wrote {{familytree}} I considered doing it myself but found the task too daunting. I'm glad someone has risen up to the challenge. I hope it'll turn out well, and I'll be glad to assist in any technical matters regarding the template. (One thing to keep in mind is the current 99-column limit for them template: I think this page will be pushing it. If necessary, it can be increased, though.) —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 18:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Indeed. Current status can be found at User:CorbinSimpson/Workspace. It's tough work, but somebody's got to do it! - Corbin Be excellent 20:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Good luck! That looks like hard work! I just came here to suggest that change... — Reinyday, 21:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Before starting you might want to save yourself some work by taking a look at the Chinese wiki here which already uses the familytree template. --Ruhan 02:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I put up my version of the {{familytree}} based chart. Please note, the data was taken from the page now listed as a reference. Because of this, data was lost in the migration. If you want me to try and reconstruct the original table, let me know, but this version will at the very least fill the gap. —W. Flake ( talk | contribs ) 06:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SVG format?

Has anyone considered converting this into SVG format? ASCII art is SO Web 1.0.

[edit] Why?

Why is Perseus in there? hes a hero not a God or a Goddess....and he comes from nowhere hes just hanging there on the top left. METALFREAK04 19:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Perseus, Alexander, Patrocalus and a few of the other heroes became Gods upon their deaths —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rikudemyx (talk • contribs) 06:04, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other Mythologies?

This is a great tree, it was vary helpful in many respects (and wasn't too hard to decipher) but I was wondering if there was a project/campaign to do the same for other mythologies. Hindu and Egyptian mythology don't have one last i checked. Just another guy trying to be a Chemical Engineer, Nanobiotechnologist, and Mathematician (talk) 16:40, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Myths

i read in a book called 'the Greek myths: 1' by Robert Graves that Aphrodite was born when Cronus went against his father Uranus and cut off his genitals and threw them in the sea, then Aphrodite rose from the foam. the book also mentions that others think that she she was born from Zeus and Dione. it says that in the Pelasgian creation myth that the goddess Eurynome rose naked from chaos and she created the snake Ophion who together made and egg that when hatched everything that existed fell out, Eurynome made the 7 planetary powers and for each set a titan, one male one female;Theia, Hyperion for the sun:phoebe,atlas for the moon:Dione and curis for mars:metis and coeus for mercury: themis and eurymedon for Jupiter:tethys and oceanus for Venus: rhea and ronus for Saturn. thats how they came to be. it is also believed that Zeus entwined with his mother rhea. the Greek mythes are very old and so may have different versions, or be told slightly differently. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.149.150 (talk) 14:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Greek Myths

i read in a book called 'the Greek myths: 1' by Robert Graves that Aphrodite was born when Cronus went against his father Uranus and cut off his genitals and threw them in the sea, then Aphrodite rose from the foam. the book also mentions that others think that she she was born from Zeus and Dione. it says that in the Pelasgian creation myth that the goddess Eurynome rose naked from chaos and she created the snake Ophion who together made and egg that when hatched everything that existed fell out, Eurynome made the 7 planetary powers and for each set a titan, one male one female;Theia, Hyperion for the sun:phoebe,atlas for the moon:Dione and curis for mars:metis and coeus for mercury: themis and eurymedon for Jupiter:tethys and oceanus for Venus: rhea and ronus for Saturn. thats how they came to be. it is also believed that Zeus entwined with his mother rhea. the Greek mythes are very old and so may have different versions, or be told slightly differently, this is what confuses me. but it would be very hard to preserve a story from so long ago without a few or more parts of it changing. this is why i find history very interesting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.149.150 (talk) 14:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kronos/Cronus

Cronus is spelt Kronos. Kronos is greek, people only say 'Cronus' becuase of the American Version of the book 'Nyad' by that dude. yeah. get it right. METALFREAK04 (talk) 14:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)