No, Zeus and Poseidon are not twins, but they are brothers, the sons of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, along with Hades and their sisters Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. They are often grouped as the three major sons who overthrew their father and divided the world, with Zeus ruling the sky, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the underworld, though Zeus is typically depicted as the youngest.
Apollo and Artemis are twins and, like many of the second generation Olympian gods, children of Zeus. Also typical of children of Zeus, they are not children born of his wife, Hera.
Poseidon. Poseidon is the brother of Zeus. After the overthow of their Father Cronus he drew lots with Zeus and Hades, another brother, for shares of the world. His prize was to become lord of the sea.
Zeus was also infamous for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many divine and heroic offspring, including Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the Muses.
Zeus has had children who were twins (Castor and Pollux) but does not have a twin himself.
Various conflicting accounts are given in Greek mythology regarding the birth of Artemis and Apollo, her twin brother. In terms of parentage, though, all accounts agree that she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and that she was the twin sister of Apollo.
Yes, many Greek gods had male lovers, with the norm being bisexuality, though figures like Zeus (with Ganymede), Apollo (with Hyacinthus), Hermes, Dionysus, and the hero Heracles are famous examples, often involved in pederastic relationships or deep bonds that modern interpretation calls homosexual or bisexual. While gods like Ares, Hades, and Hephaestus had fewer or no male lovers, same-sex relationships were common across the pantheon, with Zeus often cited as the prime example of a powerful god with male paramours.
She is the daughter and first-born child of Zeus. Athena is also the favorite child of Zeus, being allowed to carry his Aegis, or armor, into battle.
In this story, Zeus is compelled to swallow Metis, who is pregnant with Athena, which leads to Zeus giving birth to Athena from his head. Some sources suggest that different deities assist Zeus in opening his head, including Hephaestus, Prometheus, or Hermes.
In Hesiod's Theogony, he describes Zeus as being married to seven immortals: Metis, Themis, Eurynome, Demeter, Mnemosyne, Leto, and last, Hera.
Ganymede in Greek Mythology: Zeus' Young Lover & Cupbearer. Ganymede, a beautiful Trojan young man, was aducted by Zeus to serve as his personal cupbearer and lover on mount Olympus among the other gods.
Apollo is the model of Greek male excellence in physical, intellectual and ethical terms. This model of masculine perfection was compatible with a sexuality beyond the limits of heterosexuality. Apollo, like other gods such as Zeus, had both male and female lovers in myth.
The Iliad for example presents a very different tradition regarding Zeus fight against Kronos than what we expect. And Kronos devouring his children is not mentioned in the text, neither in the Odyssey either. So yes, Zeus is Poseidon older brother in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Ares and Athena
They are half-siblings who share Zeus as their father; however, Ares' mother is Hera, and Athena's mother is Metis.
While 40 weeks is the full gestation period of the average pregnancy, most twin pregnancies are delivered at approximately 36 weeks (range 32-38 weeks depending on the type of twin pregnancy).
The most prominent "four virgin goddesses" often refer to the Greek trio Artemis, Athena, and Hestia, known for their perpetual virginity and independence, with the fourth often being a more peripheral figure like Astraea, or sometimes a specific invocation like Diana (Roman equivalent) or Gefjon (Norse), though the core group is usually the three Olympians. They embody different aspects of feminine power, from the hunt (Artemis) and wisdom (Athena) to the hearth (Hestia).
The story of Dionysus's birth from the thigh of Zeus offers one solution to this problem, for it represents Dionysus as having been born from the body of a god, after all, that of his father Zeus. Dionysus can now claim that both his father and his “mother” are gods.
Athena was the daughter of Zeus and his first wife Metis. Gaia told Zeus that Metis would first bear a daughter then a son who would overthrow his father. Zeus, like his father and grandfather before him, wanted to avoid this fate, so when Metis became pregnant, he swallowed his wife whole [see Zeus].
Apollo, the god of sun and music, is considered the patron of same sex love, as he had many male lovers and was often invoked to bless homosexual unions. He is also called "the champion of male love" by Andrew Callimach.
According to Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Ares is Zeus' least favorite divine son. As revealed in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Ares is the Amazons' most worshipped Olympian god, since the greatest Amazon warriors were always his demigod daughters.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Poseidon then tells Percy of the war he is having in his underwater kingdom, and gives him a birthday present: a sand dollar as well as labeling Percy as his favorite son.
Apollo: The God of Bisexuality.
The Birth and Origins of Dionysus
However, Hera, Zeus' wife, manipulated Semele into demanding Zeus reveal himself in his divine form. Unable to withstand his divine radiance, Semele perished, but Zeus managed to save their unborn child by sewing him into his thigh.
Second, historical sources for Attica indicate that, although most men may have married, homosexual behavior was widespread among all levels of society and was considered no more opprobrious than heterosexual behavior.