(This page is still a WIP, as we are currently reading Ovid.)
Dashed lines join partners who were not married. Lighter backgrounds signify an extra-familial parent. Some — especially earlier in the genealogy — are not explicitly mentioned by Ovid and are canon.
The Titans
Gaia, Uranos and their descendants
no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned descendants of the survivors of the flood no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned Gaia Iapetus Epimetheus Pyrrha Prometheus Deucalion (also siblings to those born from the stones) Atlas Tethys Peneus Daphne turned into a laurel as she was escaping Apollo Inachus Io turned into a calf because of her love with Jove Epaphus frenemy of Phaethon Philyra Chiron Ocyrhoe turned into a horse after saying a prophecy regarding her father Oceanus Cronus Olympians Rhea Uranos Pandora not explicitly mentioned by Ovid Jove Chariclo
Gaia, Uranos and their descendants
The Olympians
Descendants of Gaia and Uranos sans extra-familial relationships of Zeus
born directly from Jove’s head (See Ares/Marte). no father, born as a response to Jove making Minerva without Juno (Hera touches a magical flower to her body, given by Flora) no mother Uranos Caelus Cronus Saturn Hestia Vesta Poseidon Neptune Hades Pluto Demeter Ceres Persephone Proserpina Zeus Jove Athena Minerva Hera Juno Hephaestus Vulcano Ares Marte Rhea Opis Aphrodite Venus Eros Cupido Gaia Terra
Descendants of Gaia and Uranos sans extra-familial relationships of Zeus
Children fathered by Zeus with mothers outside his own family
Leto Apollo Artemis Diana Maia Hermes Mercury Semele Dionysus Bacchus Zeus Jove Zeus Jove Zeus Jove
Children fathered by Zeus with mothers outside his own family
Jove and Leto
The children of Jove and Leto, and of Apollo
Jove Apollo Asclepius Phaethusa turned into a tree after the death of her brother Lampetia turned into a tree after the death of her brother Phaethon died trying to drive the Sun’s chariot Diana Sthenelus Cygnus turned into a swan after the death of his lover Leto Coronis cheated on Apollo and was killed by him, because the raven snitched Clymene
The children of Jove and Leto, and of Apollo
The House of Agenor
Agenor's children Europa and Cadmus, and Cadmus' grandchildren
Agenor Europa Minos king of Crete (see Minos and Crete below) Cadmus Semele tricked by Juno into asking Jove to show her his true divine form Bacchus Ino Autonoe Actaeon saw Diana naked, was turned into a deer and killed by his own dogs Agave Pentheus against Bacchus; killed by his own mother and aunt Jove as a bull Jove Echion one of the Spartoi, born of the dragon’s teeth
Agenor's children Europa and Cadmus, and Cadmus' grandchildren
Other Families
Lycaön, Cecrops, Epopeus and Arestor, and their children
Lycaön turned into a wolf because of his impiety Callisto turned into a bear Arcas turned into a constellation with his bear mother Cecrops first king of Athens Herse loved by Mercury Aglauros disobeyed Athena and saw Erichthonius; for this, Envy made her turn into marble Pandrosos Epopeus Nyctimene had sex with her father and was turned by Athena into an owl Arestor Argus with many eyes, a servant of Juno killed by Mercury to save Io; his eyes adorned Juno’s bird’s feathers (the peacock) Jove as Diana
Lycaön, Cecrops, Epopeus and Arestor, and their children
Cadmus, Harmonia and the House of Athamas
Cadmus and Harmonia's daughter Ino, and the house of Aeolus she married into (Books 4, 6–7, 11)
Mars Harmonia wife of Cadmus and mother of his children; in exile, the two were turned into snakes Ino Leucothea driven mad by Juno; leapt into the sea and was made a sea goddess Learchus dashed against a rock by his maddened father Melicertes Palaemon carried into the sea by his mother and made a sea god Aeolus a king of Aeolia, not the keeper of the winds Athamas driven mad by the Fury Tisiphone at Juno’s bidding Phrixus fled his stepmother Ino on a golden ram, whose fleece he left at Colchis Helle fell from the ram and drowned in the strait named for her Sisyphus rolls his stone forever in the underworld; Ajax calls him Ulysses’ father Canace raped by Neptune as a bull Venus Cadmus son of Agenor and founder of Thebes Nephele
Cadmus and Harmonia's daughter Ino, and the house of Aeolus she married into (Books 4, 6–7, 11)
The Children of the Sun
Hyperion's son the Sun, his children, and Leucothoë (Books 4, 7, 9, 14)
Hyperion Sun Titan also called Phoebus; father of Phaethon and the Heliades (drawn above under Apollo); loved Clymene, Rhodes and Clytië before Leucothoë Circe a sorceress; turned Ulysses’ men into swine and Picus into a woodpecker Pasiphaë wife of Minos, and mother of the Minotaur by a bull Aeëtes king of Colchis, keeper of the Golden Fleece Medea see Medea and Jason below Orchamus king of Persia, seventh in descent from Belus Leucothoë buried alive by her father after the Sun seduced her; became the frankincense shrub Eurynome
Hyperion's son the Sun, his children, and Leucothoë (Books 4, 7, 9, 14)
The House of Perseus
Perseus' ancestors, and Andromeda's family (Books 4–5)
Lynceus Abas king of Argos Acrisius denied that Perseus was Jove’s son; driven out by Proetus and restored by Perseus Danaë locked away by her father Perseus also called an heir of Inachus and of Agenor; killed Medusa and turned his foes to stone with her head Proetus usurped his brother’s throne; turned to stone by Perseus Cepheus king of Aethiopia Andromeda chained to a rock to pay for her mother’s words; saved from a sea monster by Perseus Phineus brother of Cepheus, and Andromeda’s uncle and betrothed; turned to stone by Perseus Jove as a shower of gold Cassiope
Perseus' ancestors, and Andromeda's family (Books 4–5)
Phorcys' daughters Medusa and the Gray Ones (Book 4)
Phorcys Medusa raped by Neptune in Minerva’s shrine, for which Minerva turned her hair to snakes; beheaded by Perseus Pegasus the winged horse, sprung from her blood Chrysaor his brother, sprung from her blood Gray Ones Graeae twin sisters sharing one eye, which Perseus stole
Phorcys' daughters Medusa and the Gray Ones (Book 4)
Other Families of Books 4–6
Minyas' daughters, and Hermaphroditus (Book 4)
Minyas his three daughters spun and told stories through Bacchus’ feast, and were turned into bats Alcithoë Leuconoë Atlas Maia one of the Pleiades Mercury Hermaphroditus his name joins his parents’; fused by the gods with the nymph Salmacis into one body of both sexes Pleione Jove Venus
Minyas' daughters, and Hermaphroditus (Book 4)
The families of Pierus, Acheron, Idmon and Tiresias (Books 5–6)
Pierus of Pella nine daughters, who challenged the Muses to a singing contest and were turned into magpies Acheron a river of the underworld Ascalaphus saw Proserpina eat the pomegranate seeds and told; turned into an owl Idmon a dyer of Colophon Arachne challenged Minerva at the loom; turned into a spider Tiresias the blind Theban prophet Manto a prophetess; sent the Theban women to worship Latona Euippe Orphne a nymph of the underworld
The families of Pierus, Acheron, Idmon and Tiresias (Books 5–6)
The House of Tantalus
Tantalus' daughter Niobe and her children (Book 6)
her mother was a sister of the Pleiades no explicit mother mentioned Jove Tantalus dined with the gods and served them his son; starves forever in the underworld Niobe boasted of her children before Latona, whose twins killed them all; turned into a weeping stone Ismenus Sipylus Phaedimus Tantalus the younger Alphenor Damasichthon Ilioneus seven daughters, killed by Diana Amphion king of Thebes, whose lyre built its walls; killed himself in grief
Tantalus' daughter Niobe and her children (Book 6)
Tantalus' son Pelops, and Pelops' grandsons (Books 6, 8, 12–13)
Tantalus Pelops cut up by his father; the gods put him back together with an ivory shoulder Atreus Agamemnon led the Greeks at Troy Iphigenia offered to Diana at Aulis, who put a deer in her place Menelaus Pittheus king of Troezen Helen daughter of Tyndareus; carried off to Troy by Paris
Tantalus' son Pelops, and Pelops' grandsons (Books 6, 8, 12–13)
The House of Pandion
Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela, and Erechtheus' daughters Procris and Orithyia (Books 6–7)
not explicitly mentioned by Ovid Erichthonius son of Vulcan, born of no mother Pandion king of Athens; died early of grief Procne killed her son and served him to his father; became a bird Itys Philomela raped by Tereus, who cut out her tongue; wove her story into cloth, and became a bird Erechtheus king of Athens after his father Procris killed by mistake with her husband’s never-missing spear Orithyia carried off by Boreas to Thrace Calaïs winged twin; sailed with the Argonauts Zetes winged twin; sailed with the Argonauts four sons and two more daughters Tereus king of Thrace, descended from Mars; turned into a crested bird Cephalus grandson of Aeolus; loved by Dawn Boreas the north wind
Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela, and Erechtheus' daughters Procris and Orithyia (Books 6–7)
Medea and Jason
Medea and her husbands Jason and Aegeus (Book 7)
Aeëtes son of the Sun; king of Colchis Medea a sorceress; won Jason the Fleece, made his father young, and tricked Pelias’ daughters into killing him their sons, killed by Medea when Jason took a new wife Aeson made young again by Medea’s magic Jason led the Argonauts to Colchis for the Golden Fleece Pelias Aeson’s brother his daughters, who cut him up believing Medea would make him young Aegeus king of Athens, and father of Theseus, whom Medea tried to poison
Medea and her husbands Jason and Aegeus (Book 7)
Aegeus and Theseus
Aegeus, his son Theseus, and their wives and lovers (Books 7–8, 15)
no explicit mother mentioned Aegeus king of Athens; grandson of Cecrops Theseus also called Neptune’s hero; killed the Minotaur; his father knew him by his sword just before he drank Medea’s poison Hippolytus cursed by his father and dragged to death by his horses; revived by Aesculapius, and made the god Virbius by Diana Medea daughter of Aeëtes (see Medea and Jason) Ariadne daughter of Minos; Theseus left her on Naxos Phaedra daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë; tried to seduce her stepson Hippolytus, then accused him Hippolyta queen of the Amazons
Aegeus, his son Theseus, and their wives and lovers (Books 7–8, 15)
Minos and Crete
Minos and Pasiphaë, and their children (Books 7–9, 15)
no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned Europa Minos king of Crete; made war on Megara and Athens to avenge his son Androgeus his death, blamed on Athens, began Minos’ war Ariadne led Theseus out of the Labyrinth; abandoned on Naxos, where Bacchus set her crown among the stars Phaedra wife of Theseus (see Aegeus and Theseus) Sun see the Children of the Sun Pasiphaë Minotaur shut in the Labyrinth Daedalus built; killed by Theseus Jove as a bull Bacchus Bull the bull Pasiphaë tricked with a wooden cow
Minos and Pasiphaë, and their children (Books 7–9, 15)
Nisus and Scylla, and Daedalus' son and nephew (Book 8)
Nisus king of Megara, whose scarlet lock kept his throne safe; turned into an osprey Scylla cut off her father’s lock for love of Minos, who spurned her; turned into a bird, the “shearer” Daedalus Athenian craftsman; built the Labyrinth, and wings to escape Crete Icarus flew too near the sun and fell into the sea Perdix son of Daedalus’ sister; invented the saw; thrown from the Acropolis by his jealous uncle and turned into a partridge
Nisus and Scylla, and Daedalus' son and nephew (Book 8)
The House of Oeneus
Oeneus and Althaea of Calydon, their children, and Althaea's brothers (Books 8–9, 14)
no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned Portheus Oeneus king of Calydon; left Diana out of his harvest offerings, so she sent the boar Meleager also called Mars’ son; killed the boar and his uncles; died when his mother burned the log his life was bound to Deianira wooed by Acheloüs, won by Hercules; killed him unknowingly with Nessus’ poisoned blood Gorge spared, with Deianira, when Diana turned their sisters into birds Meleager’s other brothers and sisters; the sisters were turned into birds Tydeus Diomedes wounded Venus at Troy; his crew were turned into birds Thestius Althaea burned the log in revenge for her brothers, then killed herself Plexippus killed by Meleager Toxeus killed by Meleager Atalanta the Tegean huntress, first to wound the boar
Oeneus and Althaea of Calydon, their children, and Althaea's brothers (Books 8–9, 14)
Hercules
Hercules' parents, wives and sons, and Iole's family (Books 9, 12)
no explicit mother mentioned by a different mother no explicit father mentioned Alcmene Hercules Alcides hated by his stepmother Juno; killed by a shirt soaked in Nessus’ blood, and made a god Hyllus Iole was carrying his child Tlepolemus led the Rhodians at Troy Eurytus of Oechalia, which Hercules sacked Iole married to Hyllus at Hercules’ command Dryope raped by Apollo, then married to Andraemon; turned into a tree Amphissos Jove Deianira daughter of Oeneus (see the house of Oeneus) Hebe daughter of Juno; Hercules’ wife in heaven Amphitryon son of Alcaeus; Hercules’ stepfather
Hercules' parents, wives and sons, and Iole's family (Books 9, 12)
Byblis, Caunus and Iphis
Miletus' twins Byblis and Caunus, and Iphis and Ianthe (Book 9)
Apollo Miletus fled Minos and founded the city named for him Byblis fell in love with her twin; wept herself into a spring Caunus fled from his sister’s love Meander a river god Cyaneë Ligdus a poor man of Phaestos, who ordered his child killed if it was a girl Iphis raised as a boy by her mother; turned into a man by Isis before the wedding Telestes Ianthe Deione Telethusa
Miletus' twins Byblis and Caunus, and Iphis and Ianthe (Book 9)
Orpheus, and the Families in His Songs
Orpheus' parents and wife (Books 10–11)
Jove Calliope the Muse of epic poetry Orpheus went down to the underworld for his wife and lost her by looking back; torn apart by the Ciconian women Apollo Mnemosyne Eurydice died of a snakebite at her wedding Latona
Orpheus' parents and wife (Books 10–11)
Pygmalion's descendants, down to Adonis (Book 10)
no explicit father mentioned fathered by her own father, Cinyras Pygmalion a sculptor of Cyprus who fell in love with his ivory statue Paphos namesake of the island Cinyras king of Cyprus Myrrha fell in love with her father and slept with him in secret; turned into the myrrh tree Adonis born from the tree; loved by Venus; killed by a boar and turned into the anemone Ivory Maiden Pygmalion’s statue, brought to life by Venus; unnamed in Ovid Cenchreis queen of Cyprus Venus
Pygmalion's descendants, down to Adonis (Book 10)
Atalanta and Hippomenes, and Hyacinth (Book 10)
Schoeneus Atalanta raced her suitors and killed those who lost Megareus of Onchestus, grandson of Neptune Hippomenes won Atalanta with Venus’ golden apples, but forgot to thank her; the two were turned into lions Amyclas king of Sparta Hyacinth loved by Apollo, who killed him by accident with a discus; turned into the hyacinth
Atalanta and Hippomenes, and Hyacinth (Book 10)
Ceyx and Alcyone
The Morning Star's sons Ceyx and Daedalion, Aeolus' daughter Alcyone, and Erysichthon's daughter Mestra (Books 8, 11)
Hippotes Aeolus keeper of the winds Alcyone saw her husband’s drowning in a dream; turned into a kingfisher Morning Star Lucifer Ceyx king of Trachis; drowned at sea and turned into a kingfisher as kingfishers, they still mate and rear their young Daedalion threw himself from Parnassus in grief; Apollo turned him into a hawk Chione bore twins to two gods; shot by Diana for boasting herself fairer Autolycus a thief and trickster like his father Philammon a singer and lyre-player like his father Triops Erysichthon cut down Ceres’ sacred oak; cursed with a hunger that made him eat himself Mestra sold again and again by her father; Neptune let her change shape to escape Mercury Apollo
The Morning Star's sons Ceyx and Daedalion, Aeolus' daughter Alcyone, and Erysichthon's daughter Mestra (Books 8, 11)
The House of Aeacus
Aeacus' sons and grandsons, and the descents from Jove that Ajax and Ulysses claim (Books 7, 11–13)
no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned Jove Aeacus king of Aegina, whose people Jove remade from ants after a plague; later a judge of the dead Telamon sacked Troy with Hercules Ajax lost the contest for Achilles’ arms and killed himself; his blood became a flower Teucer Peleus exiled for killing his half-brother Phocus Achilles killed Cygnus and Hector; shot by Paris Neoptolemus Pyrrhus sacrificed Polyxena on his father’s tomb Phocus killed by Peleus Arcesius Laertes Ulysses his mother’s line also went back to Mercury; Ajax calls him a son of Sisyphus Aegina daughter of the river Asopus; the island is named for her Hesione daughter of Laomedon of Troy Thetis a Nereid; Jove married her to Peleus lest her son outdo his father Psamathe a Nereid, Thetis’ sister; sent a wolf against Peleus’ herds to avenge her son Penelope
Aeacus' sons and grandsons, and the descents from Jove that Ajax and Ulysses claim (Books 7, 11–13)
The Royal House of Troy
Laomedon's children (Books 6, 10–11, 13)
not explicitly mentioned by Ovid Ilus founder of Troy Laomedon king of Troy; cheated Apollo and Neptune of their pay for its walls, and Hercules of his Priam king of Troy at its fall (see below) Tithonus Memnon killed by Achilles; birds rose from his ashes Hesione offered to a sea monster for her father’s lies; saved by Hercules and given to Telamon Teucer Antigone turned into a stork by Juno Ganymede carried off by Jove as an eagle to be his cupbearer Dawn Telamon son of Aeacus
Laomedon's children (Books 6, 10–11, 13)
Priam's children (Books 11–13, 15)
no explicit mother mentioned no explicit mother mentioned Ovid doesn’t name his mother Priam killed at Jove’s altar as Troy burned Aesacus leapt into the sea in grief for Hesperia; turned into a diving bird Hector Troy’s greatest warrior; killed by Achilles Astyanax thrown from Troy’s walls by the Greeks Paris carried off Helen; shot Achilles Corythus Cassandra Apollo’s priestess; dragged off by the hair as Troy fell Polyxena sacrificed on Achilles’ tomb Polydorus the youngest son; murdered for his gold by Polymestor of Thrace Helenus a prophet; foretold Rome’s greatness to Aeneas Alexirhoë daughter of the river Granicus Hecuba daughter of Dymas; avenged Polydorus, and was turned into a dog Helen wife of Menelaus
Priam's children (Books 11–13, 15)
Neptune’s Sons, and the Lapiths
Neptune's sons Neleus and Cygnus, Caeneus, and Pirithoüs (Book 12)
Neptune Neleus king of Pylos Nestor the aged Pylian, who tells of the battle of the Lapiths and centaurs Periclymenus could take any shape; shot down by Hercules as an eagle ten more sons, all killed by Hercules Cygnus no weapon could wound him; strangled by Achilles and turned into a swan Elatus Caenis Caeneus raped by Neptune, who made her a man no weapon could wound; buried by the centaurs under trees Ixion Pirithoüs friend of Theseus; the centaurs ran riot at his wedding Hippodame
Neptune's sons Neleus and Cygnus, Caeneus, and Pirithoüs (Book 12)
Aeneas and the Kings of Alba
Aeneas' parents, wives and son, and the family of Anius, who sheltered them on Delos (Books 13–14)
no explicit mother mentioned Venus Aeneas carried his father and household gods out of burning Troy; made the god Indiges by his mother Ascanius Iulus king of Alba Faunus a woodland god; also the father of Acis Latinus king of the Latins Lavinia promised to Turnus, but given to Aeneas Anius king of Delos and priest of Apollo Andros a prophet; rules the island named for him four daughters, whose touch turned things to grain, wine and oil; turned into doves Anchises Dido queen of Carthage; killed herself on a pyre when Aeneas left
Aeneas' parents, wives and son, and the family of Anius, who sheltered them on Delos (Books 13–14)
Ovid gives the kings of Alba as a list of who reigned next. Where he doesn’t say a king was his predecessor’s son or heir, the line into him is labeled “next king”.
The kings of Alba, from Aeneas' son down to Romulus (Book 14)
his heir his heir next king next king next king next king next king not explicitly mentioned by Ovid not explicitly mentioned by Ovid Ascanius Iulus son of Aeneas; first king of Alba Silvius Latinus took his forebear’s name Alba Epytus Capys Capetus Tiberinus drowned in the river that now bears his name Remulus mimicked lightning and was killed by it Acrota Aventinus buried on the hill named for him Proca Numitor driven from his throne by Amulius, and restored by his grandson Ilia Romulus Quirinus founded Rome; taken up to heaven as the god Quirinus Amulius Numitor’s brother, who seized his throne Mars Hersilie made the goddess Hora, beside Romulus
The kings of Alba, from Aeneas' son down to Romulus (Book 14)
Picus and Canens
Picus and Canens (Book 14)
Saturn Picus king of Latium; refused Circe’s love, so she turned him into a woodpecker Janus Canens a nymph whose singing moved stones and trees; wasted away searching for Picus and vanished into air Venilia
Picus and Canens (Book 14)
The Julian Line
Venus' descendants the Caesars (Books 14–15)
no explicit mother mentioned a distant descendant adopted adopted Venus Aeneas Ascanius Iulus Julius Caesar murdered in the Senate House; Venus carried his soul to the stars as a comet Augustus emperor in Ovid’s day, foretold to become a god Tiberius not named by Ovid: “the son born to his saintly wife” Anchises
Venus' descendants the Caesars (Books 14–15)
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