ヘシオドスによれば、ゼウスには7人の妻がいた。最初の妻はオケアノスのメーティスで、ガイアとウラヌスの助言により、メーティスとの間にできた息子が予言通りゼウスを打倒しないように、メーティスを飲み込んだ。その後、彼らの娘アテーナーがゼウスの額から生まれた<ref name=":hsdm">Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:886-900 886–900].</ref>。
ゼウスの次の結婚は、彼の叔母であり助言者であるテミスとのもので、彼女はホーライ(季節)とモイライ(運命)を産んだ<ref>Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:901-937 901–905]; Gantz, p. 52; Hard 2004, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA78 p. 78].</ref>。その後、ゼウスはオーケアノスの娘のエウリュノメーと結婚し、彼女は3人のシャリテ(グレイセス)を産んだ<ref>Hesiod, ''Theogony'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:901-937 901–911]; Hansen, p. 68.</ref>。
Zeus's next marriage was to his aunt and advisor [[Themis]], who bore the [[Horae]] (Seasons) and the [[Moirai]] (Fates). Zeus then married the Oceanid [[Eurynome (Oceanid)|Eurynome]], who bore the three [[Charites]] (Graces).<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:901-937 901–911]; Hansen, p. 68.</ref>
Zeus's fourth wife was his sister, [[Demeter]], who bore [[Persephone]].<ref>Hansen, p. 68.</ref> The fifth wife of Zeus was his aunt, the Titan [[Mnemosyne]], whom he seduced in the form of a mortal shepherd. Zeus and Mnemosyne had the nine [[Muses]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:53-62 53–62]; Gantz, p. 54.</ref> His sixth wife was the Titan [[Leto]], who gave birth to [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]] on the island of [[Delos]].<ref>''[[Homeric Hymn]] to Apollo'' (3), [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-eng1:89-130 89–123]; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:901-937 912–920]; Morford, p. 211.</ref>