Zeus and his Mates

The first wife of Zeus was Metis, a titaness and the goddess of wisdom and deviousness. According to a prophecy at that time, Zeus would lose his Kingdom by his first descendant, so he decided to swallow Metis when she became pregnant to Athena.

Next, Zeus married the willowy Themis, the titaness of justice, who bore him the Horae(the hours) and the Moirae(the Fates).

Zeus also coupled with the Oceanid Eyrynome, with whom he created the 3 Graces(Charites) that were the goddesses of Joy, Charm and Beauty.

Zeus afterwards mated with several deities and mortals, including Demeter, who bore him Persephone(the goddess of the Underworld), Leto, with whom he created the twin gods Artemis and Apollo, the mountain nymph Maia who brought into the world Hermes, and also Mnemosyne, who created the Muses, the goddesses of Arts in Ancient Greek Mythology.

Finally, Zeus opted for Hera, his sister and the goddess of Marriage to become his wife. Together, Zeus and Hera had 4 children. Eilithya, who was protecting the childbirth, Ares, the god of war, Hebe, the goddess of youth and Hephaestus, the god of Metallurgy.

However, Zeus kept being fixated on affairs even after his marriage, cheating on Hera constantly with several mortals, such as Europe , Semele or Alkmene, the mother of Heracles, outraging this way Hera, who was constantly seeking for revenge.