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Stories from The Olympians

1. How are Zeus and Hera related? — Brother and sister, children of the Titans Cronus and Rhea — and, because Cronus and Rhea are themselves siblings, first cousins as well. Hera is also Zeus’s wife and queen.
2. How are Hades and Persephone related? — Uncle and niece, twice over: Hades is the brother of both of Persephone’s parents, Zeus and Demeter, all three children of Cronus and Rhea.
3. Gods who married their kin — Nearly all of them: of the 37 pairings this volume counts, all but two join partners already related by blood — 11 pairs of siblings or half-siblings, 10 of uncle or aunt with niece or nephew, and 8 of first cousins.