Brothers And Sisters Of Zeus

These other children of kronos and rhea will form the subject of the present chapter along with the mythology of the underworld and afterlife.
Brothers and sisters of zeus. In a vast war called the titanomachy zeus and his older brothers and older sisters with the help of the hecatoncheires and cyclopes overthrew cronus and the other titans. Together zeus his brothers and sisters hecatonchires and cyclopes overthrew cronus and the other titans in the combat called the titanomachy. Zeus is the son of rhea and cronus his brothers and sisters are hestia demeter hera poseidon and hades. Having vanquished his father and the other titans zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of tartarus.
The defeated titans were then cast into a shadowy underworld region known as tartarus. Zeus has three sisters. The sisters of zeus are hera demeter and hestia. Afterwards many of the titans were confined in tartarus.
Zeus had 5 other brothers and sisters. Hera who is also zeus wife hestia and demeter. So hestia s brothers should be poseidon hades zeus hephaestus and other first parental male gods. Hades and zeus are his brothers his sisters including hera demeter and hestia.
All of the children except for zeus were orinigally swallowed by their father cronus. Atlas one of the titans who fought against zeus was punished by having to hold up the sky. Zeus had two brothers poseidon and hades who exercised supreme power withintheir own realms and three sisters his wife and queen hera and demeter and hestia. His sister s names were demeter hestia and hera.
Zeus had some brothers by the names of hades and poseidon.