Chronology of the Immortals in Theogony

The following chart shows the chronology of the most notable Gods and Goddesses as they are listed in Theogony ... some are Male male and some are Female female.

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First Came:

Chaos male

Then Came:

Ge female Tartaros male Eros male
Earth The Pit Love

From Chaos Came:

Erebos male Nyx female
The Darkness Under The Earth Black Night

From Night and Erebos Came:

Aither female Hemera female
The Upper Air Day

The First Born Of Ge Was:

Ouranos male
The Heavens

The Second Born Of Ge Was:

Ourea male
The Mountains

The Third Born Of Ge Was:

Pontos male
The Barren Sea

Ge Then Brought Forth The One-Eyed Kyklopes:

Brontes male Steropes male Arges male

From Ge and Ouranos Came:

Kottos male Briareos male Gyes male

Ge Absorbed The Blood Of Ouranos And Produced:

The Furies female The Giants male Nymphs Of The Ash Trees female

The Blood Of Ouranos Mixed With The Foam Of The Sea To Produce:

Aphrodite female
Goddess Of Love

Nyx (Night) Brought Forth:

Moros male Ker female Thanatos male Hypnos male Oneiroi
Momos male Oizys male Hesperides female Moirai female Keres
Nemesis female Apate female Philotes Geras Eris female

Eris (Discord and Strife) Brought Forth:

Ponos female Lethe female Limos female Algea
Hysminai Machai Phonoi Androktasiai
Neikea Logoi Amphillogias Dysnomia female
Ate female     Horkos female

From Ge and Pontos Came:

Nereus male Thaumas male Phorkys male Keto female Eurybia female

From Phorkys and Keto Came:

The Graiai female The Gorgons female
Pemphredo Sthenno
Enyo Euryale
  Medusa

From The Blood Of Medusa Came:

Chrysaor male Pegasos male

From Chrysaor and Kallirhoe Came:

Geryon male Echidna female

From Echidna and Typhaon Came:

Orthos male Kerberos male Hydra female

From Hydra Came:

Chimaira female

From Echidna and Orthos Came:

The Sphinx female The Nemeian Lion male

From Ge and Ouranos Came The Titans:

Okeanos male Koios female Krios female Hyperion male Iapetos female Theia female
Rhea female Themis female Mnemosyne female Phoibe female Tethys female Kronos male

From Okeanos and Tethys Came:

Doris female Elektra female Kallirhoe female
The Rivers female   The Okeanids female

From Doris and Nereus Came:

The Nereids female
The Daughters Of Nereus

From Thaumas and Elektra Came:

Iris female The Harpies female
Goddess Of The Rainbow Okypete And Aello

From Theia and Hyperion Came:

Helios male Selene female Eos female
The Sun The Moon The Dawn

From Krios and Eurybia Came:

Pallas male Astraios female Perses female

From Astraios and Eos Came:

Zephyros male Boreas male Notos male Eosphoros female
West Wind North Wind South Wind Morning Star

From Krios and Phoibe Came:

Asteria female Leto female

From Asteria and Perses Came:

Hekate female
The Roaring Goddess

From Pallas and Styx Came:

Zelos male Nike female Kratos male Bia female
Rivalry Victory Strength Force

From Iapetos and Klymene Came:

Atlas male Prometheus male Epimetheus male Menoitios male

From Atlas Came:

Maia female
Mother Of Hermes

From Kronos and Rhea Came:

Zeus male Hades male Poseidon male Hera female Demeter female Hestia female

From Zeus and Hera Came:

Ares male Hebe female Eileithyia female
War Youth Childbirth

From Zeus and Leto Came:

Apollon male Artemis female

From Zeus and Maia Came:

Hermes male
Herald Of The Immortals

From Zeus and Metis Came:

Athene female
Goddess Of Wisdom

From Zeus and Themis Came:

The Horae (Hours) female The Fates female
Eunomia
Order		 Klotho
Spins The Thread Of Life
Dike
Justice		 Lachesis
Determines The Length Of Life
Eirene
Peace		 Atropos
Cuts The Thread Of Life

From Zeus and Eurynome Came:

  The Charites (Graces) female  
Aglaia
Splendor		 Euphrosyne
Festivity		 Thalia
Rejoicing

From Zeus and Mnemosyne Came:

  The Muses female  
Kleio
History		 Euterpe
Flute Playing		 Thaleia
Comedy
Melpomene
Tragedy		 Terpsichore
Dance		 Erato
Love Poems
Polymnia
Sacred Music		 Ourania
Astrology		 Kalliope
Epic Poetry

From Zeus and Alkmene Came:

Herakles male

From Poseidon and Amphitrite Came:

Triton male
The head and body of a man with the tail of a fish

From Hera Without Consort Came:

Hephaistos male
Artificer Of The Olympians

From Ares and Aphrodite Came:

Harmonia female Deimos male Phobos male
Harmony Terror Panic

From Harmonia and Kadmos Came:

Thyone female

From Zeus and Thyone Came: (Thyone's Immortal name became Semele)

Dionysos male

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