who is the god of heaven in greek mythology
Uranus (mythology) In Hesiod's Theogony, Uranus is the offspring of Gaia, the earth goddess.[12] Alcman and Callimachus elaborate that Uranus was fathered by Aether, the god of heavenly light and the upper air. Under the influence of the philosophers, Cicero, in De Natura Deorum ("Concerning the Nature of the Gods"), claims that he was the offspring of the ancient gods Aether and Hemera, Air and Day. According to the Orphic Hymns, Uranus was the son of Nyx, the personification of night.[citation needed] Uranus was the brother of Pontus, the God of the sea.[13]