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== Genealogy == {{chart top|Prometheus's family tree<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+132 132β138] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228083313/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+132 |date=2021-12-28 }}, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337 337β411] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304091439/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337 |date=2021-03-04 }}, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+453 453β520] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126040825/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+453 |date=2021-01-26 }}, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+901 901β906, 915β920] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801220614/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+901 |date=2020-08-01 }}; Caldwell, pp. 8β11, tables 11β14.</ref>|collapsed=no}} {{chart/start}} {{chart|}} {{chart| | | | | | | | | | | |URA |y|GAI |~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|y|PON|URA=[[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]]|GAI=[[Gaia]]|PON=[[Pontus (mythology)|Pontus]]}} {{chart|,|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|^|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| | | |!}} {{chart|!|OCE |y|TET | | | |HYP |y|THE | | | | |CRI |y|EUR|OCE=[[Oceanus]]|TET=[[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]|HYP=[[Hyperion (Titan)|Hyperion]]|THE=[[Theia]]|CRI=[[Crius]]|EUR=[[Eurybia (mythology)|Eurybia]]}} {{chart|!| |,|-|^|-|.| | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|-|.}} {{chart|!|RIV | |OCE | |HEL | |SEL | |EOS | |AST | |PAL | |PER |RIV=<small>The [[River gods (Greek mythology)|Rivers]]</small>|OCE=<small>The [[Oceanids]]</small>|HEL=[[Helios]]|SEL=[[Selene]]<ref>Although usually the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, as in [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+371 371β374] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727192256/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+371 |date=2023-07-27 }}, in the ''[[Homeric Hymns|Homeric Hymn]] to Hermes'' (4), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=HH+4+99&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138 99β100] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510193921/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=HH+4+99&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138 |date=2021-05-10 }}, Selene is instead made the daughter of Pallas the son of Megamedes.</ref>|EOS=[[Eos]]|AST=[[Astraeus]]|PAL=[[Pallas (Titan)|Pallas]]|PER=[[Perses (Titan)|Perses]]}} {{chart|!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{chart|)|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | |}} {{chart|!| | | | |CRO |y|RHE | | | | | | | |COE |y|PHO | | |COE=[[Coeus]]|PHO=[[Phoebe (Titaness)|Phoebe]]|CRO=[[Cronus]]|RHE=[[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]]}} {{chart|!| |,|-|v|-|v|-|^|-|v|-|v|-|.| | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | }} {{chart|!|HES |!|HER | |HAD |!|ZEU | | | |LET | |AST | |HES=[[Hestia]]|HER=[[Hera]]|HAD=[[Hades]]|ZEU=[[Zeus]]|LET=[[Leto]]|AST=[[Asteria]]}} {{chart|!| | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{chart|!| | |DEM | | | | | |POS | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DEM=[[Demeter]]|POS=[[Poseidon]]}} {{chart|!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}} {{chart|`|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.}} {{chart| | | | |IAP |y|CLY | | | | | |MNE |~|y|~|ZEU |~|y|~|THE |IAP=[[Iapetus]]|CLY=[[Clymene (wife of Iapetus)|Clymene]] (or [[Asia (Oceanid)|Asia]])<ref>According to [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+507 507β511] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224165822/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+507 |date=2021-02-24 }}, Clymene, one of the [[Oceanid]]s, the daughters of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], at [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+351 351] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228063859/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+351 |date=2021-02-28 }}, was the mother by Iapetus of Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus, while according to [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D3 1.2.3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106111307/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D3 |date=2021-01-06 }}, another Oceanid, Asia was their mother by Iapetus.</ref>|MNE=[[Mnemosyne]]|ZEU=(Zeus)|THE=[[Themis]]}} {{chart| |,|-|-|-|v|-|^|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | | | | |!| | | | | |!}} {{chart|ATL | |MEN | |PRO | |EPI | | | | |MUS | | | |HOR |ATL=[[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]<ref>According to [[Plato]], ''[[Critias (dialogue)|Critias]]'', [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032.perseus-eng1:113d 113dβ114a] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106101919/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032.perseus-eng1:113d |date=2021-01-06 }}, Atlas was the son of [[Poseidon]] and the mortal [[Cleito]].</ref>|MEN=[[Menoetius (Greek mythology)|Menoetius]]|PRO='''PROMETHEUS'''<ref>In [[Aeschylus]], ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' 18, 211, 873 (Sommerstein, pp. [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.445.xml 444β445 n. 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106101834/https://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.445.xml |date=2021-01-06 }}, [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.467.xml 446β447 n. 24] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106101927/https://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.467.xml |date=2021-01-06 }}, [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.539.xml 538β539 n. 113] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107134942/https://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.445.xml |date=2020-01-07 }}) Prometheus is made to be the son of [[Themis]].</ref>|EPI=[[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]]|MUS=<small>The [[Muses]]</small>|HOR=<small>The [[Horae]]</small>}} {{chart/end}} {{chart bottom}}
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