Oceanus and Tethys produced 3000 daughters and 3000 sons called the Oceanids who were the spirits of water, springs, and rivers (Hesiod, Theogony, 369-370).

Oceanus, Tethys and The Oceanids

Hyperion is a god of the sun, who with his mate Theia produced Helius, another sun god, Selene, goddess of the moon, and Eos, goddess of the dawn.

Hyperion, Theia, and their children Helius, Selene, and Eos

Cronos and Rhea had six children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. According to Hesiod, Cronos swallowed all of his children except Zeus out of fear that they would commit patricide. Zeus escaped this fate because his mother Rhea hid him away.

Cronos and Rhea

- Oceanus
- Coeus
- Crius
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Theia
- Rhea
- Themis
- Mnemosyne
- Phoebe
- Tethys
- Cronus

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According to Hesiod's "Theogony", Gaia or Ge (Earth) created an equal, Uranus (Sky), whom she wed; they produced the Cyclopes, the Hecatonchires, and the 12 Titans.

Gaia, Uranus, and The Titans

Morford, M., Lenardon, J., and Sham, M. (2014). Myths of creation. In Classical Mythology, (10th ed. pp. 61-83). Oxford University Press.

Myths of Creation

According to Hesiod the Cyclopes are the ones who created and presented to Zeus the lightning bolt we are accustomed to seeing. Brontes (Thunder), Steropes (Lightning), and Arges (Bright); they were mighty and skillful and had only one eye in the center of their foreheads, and are likened to gods in most respects (Theogony, 126-156)

The Cyclopes

"Great and unspeakably violent", Cottus, Briareus, and Gyes had 100 arms and 50 heads each; they were terrible and hated by their father from the time they were born (Hesiod, Theogony, 147-156)

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