Zeus & Hera’s Family Tree

The following contains spoilers for Kaos season 1, now streaming on NetflixChaos Introduces audiences to a new modern take on the pious family of Zeus and Hera. Zeus and Hera are the king and queen of the Olympians in the original Greek mythology that inspired Chaos. The show recreates their roles in the Netflix drama, as well as their original relationship from the ancient stories. It is confirmed in Hera’s first appearance that she is Zeus’ sister. The pair rule Olympus with an iron fist, but Zeus’ increasing paranoia about his prophecy highlights the cracks in their relationship and bond.

Chaos‘ cast of characters only features a handful of gods in season 1. This allows the show to also highlight important humans like Orpheus and Reedy. There are also other mythological forces in it Chaos Like the Furies or the Fates, disconnected from Zeus. However, the family tree constructed around Zeus and Hera is central to Chaos and serves as the key connecting thread between most of the pious letters seen and unseen. Here’s how the family tree looks like Chaos work, and which members of it are missing from season 1.

Poseidon

Zeus & Hera’s Brother (and Zeus’ Rival for Hera’s Heart)

Poseidon is one of Zeus and Hera’s brothers in ChaosHighlighting the incestuous and interconnected nature of the modern reimagining of Greek mythology. Poseidon was one of the six children of Cronos and Rhea. Chaos References Kronos as a monstrous figure that Zeus is eventually forced to kill. This reflects the original myths, where Cronos ate all his children alive until Zeus got the chance to dethrone him and free his siblings. Zeus split his pious responsibilities with his siblings, with Poseidon becoming the god of the sea (as well as storms and horses).

This connection is present in ChaosWith the added twist that Hera and Poseidon are in the middle of an affair behind Zeus’ back. While Poseidon loves Hera dearly, Hera coldly remarks throughout the series that Poseidon means little to her. She confirms this once and for all in the season 1 finale, where she spurns his efforts to run away with her. Poseidon and Zeus’ brotherly relationship is tested in the seasonWith Zeus’ increasingly unstable behavior leading Poseidon to compare the current king of the Gods to their father.

Hades

The other brother of Zeus and Hera

The other brother of Zeus, Hades is a much more gentle figure in Chaos. Hades has assumed his role as the King of the Dead in the underworld, and has been reinterpreted in many ways over the years. This ranges from romantic at Disney to the romantic of Lore OlympusThe tragic figure of Blood of Zeus To the supreme father figure of Hades. in ChaosHades is a more passive character, ultimately abiding by Zeus’ orders and suffering his brother’s wrath when he confronts him about the faltering power of the Frame.

Hades plays a quiet tragic role in ChaosEspecially in relation to his brother Zeus. Throughout the season, Hades’ fears about the reliability of the frame are revealed to come from a fear that his brother is walking into the prophecy he is so desperate to change. The fact that Zeus meets this outreach with fury is one of the saddest moments in ChaosWith their siblings Hera and Poseidon genuinely shocked by Zeus’ actions. The Hades of Chaos is a uniquely fascinating take on the character And is teased to be one of the more sympathetic of the gods.

Dionysus

The only one of Zeus’ children to appear in Chaos Season 1

Dionysus is one of the most compelling remixes of Greek Gods in ChaosAnd The only one of Zeus’ many children which plays an important role in the first season of the show. Dionysus is the god of everything and madness, considered to be light aspects of the universe by other members of the Olympians. This sets up his season 1 arc, as he tries to impress and get back at his father. Dionysus is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, one of Zeus’ many affairs ended with Hera transforming the other woman into a bee for her hive.

Dionysus is an interesting example of Chaos balance between the gods and humanityHow his connections to Earth set off multiple plotlines and underscores his quiet humanity. His semi-human origins are even referenced by Persephone at the end of the season as his great strength, trying to remind him that Zeus’ brutality is a weakness and not a strength. While other children of Zeus could appear in a potential season 2 of ChaosIt is likely the show will keep Dionysus at the center of the story.

Persephone

The goddess of spring has a sweet connection to Hades in Chaos

Persephone is the wife of Hades, and plays an important supporting role throughout the season. Several times over ChaosPersephone serves as a vocal supporter and confidant to her husband. She pushes him to reveal the truth to Zeus, and is not afraid to confront him about what she believes is true. Although she is not strictly a member of the pantheon, Persephone is linked to them by blood in the original Greek myths. In these stories (and implied to still be the case in Chaos), Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, Zeus and Hera’s sister.

The tale of Hades and Persephone is one that stands out among the ancient myths, and has often been reimagined in recent years. In the original stories, Hades captured Persephone and forced her to become his bride. This is referred to in Chaos‘ Final episode when Dionysus reveals that he believed that to be the case. It was actually a rumor spread by the OlympiansAnd Persephone really cares deeply for Hades. This makes Chaos The latest reimagining of Greek mythology to go this route, with shows like Blood of Zeus And webtoons like Lore Olympus Recreate a similar story.

The other Olympians

There are more siblings of Zeus & Hera

Although only a handful of the Olympians appear prominently throughout the first season of ChaosMany others are referenced throughout the eight episodes. In the original myth, There were twelve gods considered the OlympiansSplit between Zeus’ siblings and his children. It is implied that they all share their original direct connections to Zeus Chaos. Demeter is a fellow sister of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades and Hestia. The latter was the goddess of the hearth in the original myths, who left her post among the pantheon to make way for new gods like Hermes and Dionysus.

Hestia is not included Chaos Season 1 at all. Zeus and Hera’s other sister, Demeter is traditionally the goddess of the harvest. Demeter is referenced late in the season by her daughter, Persephone. The goddess of love Aphrodite – whose origins in mythology differ between different myths, ranging from another child of Zeus to the spawn of Uranus’s severed genitalia – is also mentioned briefly in the period. “Episode 2” confirms in ChaosThat Aphrodite is a child of Zeus. The Missing Gods could easily appear in a prospective season 2 (or further) from Chaos.

Zeus’ other children

The siblings of Dionysus are mentioned in Chaos‘ Second episode

While Dionysus is the only child of Zeus to appear in Chaos Season 1, he is far from the only one referenced. On Zeus’ birthday, the Frustrated king of the gods calls his children In “Episode 2.” This includes his son Ares, the god of war. He is one of Zeus’ only legitimate children with Hera. Zeus’ other son with Hera is the god of smiths, Hephaestus. The god is referenced at the end of the season when Hera carries an impressive knife for King Minos to use against his son, Glaucus, noting that it comes from her son.

The other gods Zeus calls in episode 2 are Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Athena and Hermes. The minor god Leto is the mother of Apollo and Artemis, and is terrorized by Hera for her affair with Zeus. A similar fate awaited the nymph Maia, who gave birth to Zeus’ other son Hermes. The myths surrounding Athena’s origins vary, but in many, she sprung from Zeus’ head fully grown and formed. Even outside the other gods, Zeus is also the father of the hero Hercules, whose watch he gifted to Zeus becomes an important element of Chaos.