Editing Theogony (section)

===Children of Zeus and his seven wives===
[[File:René-Antoine Houasse - Minerva.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|''The Birth of [[Minerva]]'' by [[René-Antoine Houasse]] (before 1688)]]

[[Zeus]] married seven wives. His first wife was the [[Oceanid]] [[Metis (mythology)|Metis]], whom he impregnated with [[Athena]], then, on the advice of Gaia and Uranus, swallowed Metis so that no son of his by Metis would overthrow him, as had been foretold.<ref name="pp. 74, 75"/> Zeus' second wife was his aunt the Titan [[Themis]], who bore the three [[Horae]] (Seasons): [[Eunomia (goddess)|Eunomia]] (Order), [[Dike (mythology)|Dikē]] (Justice), [[Eirene (goddess)|Eirene]] (Peace); and the three [[Moirai]] (Fates):<ref name="ReferenceB">At [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.21.xml 217] the Moirai are the daughters of Nyx.</ref> [[Clotho]] (Spinner), [[Lachesis (mythology)|Lachesis]] (Allotter), and [[Atropos]] (Unbending). Zeus then married his third wife, another Oceanid, [[Eurynome (Oceanid)|Eurynome]], who bore the three [[Charites]] (Graces): [[Aglaia (Grace)|Aglaea]] (Splendor), whom Hephaestus married, [[Euphrosyne (mythology)|Euphrosyne]] (Joy), and [[Thalia (Grace)|Thalia]] (Good Cheer).<ref>''Theogony'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.75.xml 901&ndash;911]. The translations of the names used here, follow Caldwell, p. 11, except for the translations of Aglaea, Euphrosyne and Thalia, which use those given by Most, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.75.xml p. 75].</ref>

Zeus' fourth wife was his sister, [[Demeter]], who bore [[Persephone]]. The fifth wife of Zeus was another aunt, the Titan [[Mnemosyne]], from whom came the nine [[Muses]]: [[Clio]], [[Euterpe]], [[Thalia (Muse)|Thalia]], [[Melpomene]], [[Terpsichore]], [[Erato]], [[Polyhymnia|Polymnia]], [[Urania]], and [[Calliope]]. His sixth wife was the Titan [[Leto]], who gave birth to [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]]. Zeus' seventh and final wife was his sister [[Hera]], the mother by Zeus of [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], [[Ares]], and [[Eileithyia]].<ref>''Theogony'' 912&ndash;923 (Most, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.75.xml pp. 74&ndash;77]).</ref>

Zeus finally "gave birth" himself to [[Athena]], from his head, which angered Hera so much that she produced, by herself, her own son [[Hephaestus]], god of fire and blacksmiths.<ref>''Theogony'' 924&ndash;929 (Most, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.77.xml pp. 76, 77]).</ref>

{{chart top|Children of Zeus and his seven wives <ref>''Theogony'' 886&ndash;929 (Most, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.75.xml pp. 74, 75]); Caldwell, p. 11, table 14.</ref>|collapsed=yes}}
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{{chart| | | |D|~|~|y|~|~|~|MET|MET=[[Metis (mythology)|Metis]]<ref name="ReferenceC">One of the [[Oceanid]] daughters of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], at [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.31.xml 358].</ref>}}
{{chart| | | |:| |ATH|ATH=[[Athena]]<ref>Of Zeus' children by his seven wives, Athena was the first to be conceived ( [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.75.xml 889]), but the last to be born. Zeus impregnated Metis then swallowed her, later Zeus himself gave birth to Athena "from his head" ( [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.77.xml 924]).</ref>}}
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{{chart| | | |D|~|~|~|y|~|~|EUR | | | | | |F|~|~|y|DEM |EUR=[[Eurynome (Oceanid)|Eurynome]]<ref name="ReferenceC">One of the [[Oceanid]] daughters of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], at [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.31.xml 358].</ref>|DEM=[[Demeter]]}}
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{{chart| | | |:| |APO | |ART | |:|HEB | |ARE | |EIL | |HEP |APO=[[Apollo]]|ART=[[Artemis]]|HEB=[[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]]|ARE=[[Ares]]|EIL=[[Eileithyia]]|HEP=[[Hephaestus]]&nbsp;<ref>Hephaestus is produced by Hera alone, with no father at [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.77.xml 927&ndash;929]. In the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'', Hephaestus is apparently the son of Hera and Zeus, see Gantz, p. 74.</ref>}}
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