Though he was one of the original gods, he never had a seat on Olympus. He fought alongside his siblings during the Titanomachy and helped win Olympus, but when the three brothers drew lots to see where each would rule after, he selected the Underworld. The god of the dead and the king of the Underworld was the second child and first son of the Titans. She was also worshipped by several military groups as a symbol of the domesticity which awaited them upon their return home. She was considered the greatest goddess amongst the mortals. Hestia was mostly worshipped by the matriarchs of the household and those who valued chastity. There was no hard rule over which of them was the ‘official’ Olympian, and modern interpretations often claim that after Dionysus reached adulthood, she rescinded her throne on Olympus to him.

Though she was originally an Olympian, later myths named Dionysus in this role instead. This made her both the oldest and the youngest of the siblings. Hestia was the first to be swallowed by Kronos and the last to be regurgitated. She was celibate and chose to remain virginal, rejecting suits from her brother Poseidon and Zeus’s son, Apollo. Of all the burnt offerings to the gods, a portion went to her. Her duty was to maintain the fires of Olympus and watch over all sacrifices. The goddess of the hearth and original Olympian was the oldest-born of Kronos and Rhea. Each of Zeus’s siblings is listed below with some information about them, their relationships with the king of the gods, and details of how they were worshipped in ancient times. Amongst those gods were the siblings he rescued and led to war, before ruling alongside them on Olympus.Īs well as the Olympians, Zeus had another half-brother through his father, Kronos. As the son and eventual conqueror of the Titans, Zeus had an intense relationship with his family! Starting from the day his mother hid him so that he wouldn’t get swallowed like all his older siblings by their father, Zeus became a leader of gods and men.

Zeus hades and poseidon