MORE of Zeus's Kids! - Greek Gods Explained

Thanks to Jonathan Doberski and Khiliarkhos for help with my research.

#GreekMythology

[AhmedHussain-juxd]

Half of greek mythology goes like this:
"It was a beautiful day and a young beautiful maiden was going about her day. *Then came along zeus and he hurled his thunderbolt* "

[EiscueFriend]

I swear he could have a child with a Nintendo switch and I wouldn’t be surprised

[ManioqIV]

Kid: My dad is Zeus!
The rest of the preschool: Yeah, that isn't something new

[Reigen]

If it wasn’t for this series i probably wouldn’t have become a greek mythology nerd

[lernreed]

Let’s talk about how great Orpheus’ design is for a hundred years.

[Deadnkillers]

Jake you probably won’t see this but you are the reason I got into Greek mythology thank you so much

[thebaldcat]

Here all the ones I like

Athena’s mother Métis is Zeus’s cousin, the daughter of Zeus’s aunt and uncle Oceanus and Tethys

​Perseus’s mother Danae is a direct descendant of Zeus (think great x 6 grandpa)

Heracles’s mother Alcmene is Perseus’s granddaughter, making her Zeus’s great granddaughter

Artemis and Apollo’s mother Leto is also Zeus’s cousin

Hermes’s mother the Pliad Maia is the daughter of Atlas and Pleione (who are cousins to Zeus and each other) making her Zeus’s first cousin once removed on both sides.
That also makes Zeus be in the same generational level as Maia’s parents.


And finally, Dionysus’s mother is the mortal woman Semele. She is the daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. That seems fine at first, but Harmonia is the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares. Aphrodite is either Zeus’s daughter or Aunt depending on who you ask, so Harmonia is either Zeus’s granddaughter or Cousin on that side, and Ares is Zeus’s son, so Harmonia is his granddaughter on that side. Making Semele either his great granddaughter on both sides, or his great granddaughter-First cousin once removed, depending on Aphrodite.

Conclusion? Zeus is gross

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Artemis: aro
Athena: ace
Hestia: just loves fire

[AhmedHussain-juxd]

Despite his eagerness to bang anything in existence, zeus is ironically also the god of hospitality

[History-yqou]

To quote Neil Gaiman: “F***ing Zeus gets everywhere.”

[the_idiot_eris]

Imagine having so many kids that you need two videos just to list them all

[BlackDog]

I just showed to my history professor here in Greece this video, and he said that your explanation of the powers of greek gods was the best he's ever heard.

[SyonicYt]

​how many episodes of this will there be, will we see all 92 of his kids.

[gabrielrussell]

Aphrodite being Zeus' kid is the only framework where Zeus not boning her makes sense.

[pickledtacotray]

So in Hades you can tell Orpheus that you(Zagreus) and Dionysus are the same person to fuck with him and he'll end up singing a song about a very similar situation to what you described. I had no idea it was calling back to his actual origin.

[mariaochenas]

Lemme explain something real quick with the whole Zagreus and Melinoë thing. Zeus and Hades were combined at one point. There’s this one epithet that is linked to both Zeus and Hades: Zeus Katachthonios, meaning Chthonic Zeus or Zeus of the Underworld. This throws people off sometimes. Hopefully this is sort of helpful for those who are confused.

[oxicleanlaundrystainremove]

I like how Zagreus resembles old iterations of Dionysus, cuz when you think about it, Zagreus *is* kinda like an old iteration of Dionysus

[envinyatar]

Oh boy, I vividly remember seeing the Hades Gameplay and being like hey Zagreus looks neat - let me look up his myths
I had to lie down and stare at the ceiling for a whole hour after that

[sortagreg]

All these mythology vida are what turned me into a complete mythology geek

[ClumpyWoods]

4:32 as an aroace person myself, I approve this little reference
aro and ace pride, world!