Is Athena older than Apollo

Answer 1

I would disragard the above answer...before Apollo took over the sun god duties they belonged to Helios and before him they belonged to a titan. Some say that Athena is Zeus first child because Metis (athenas moter) was Zeus first wife and he swallowed her when he found out she was pregnant...Athena grew up inside him so that when he cracked his head open she came out a fully grown women. Hera grew jealus(sp) and gave birth to hephaestus, after which she gave birth to her other children including eilytheia who was mentioned being alive before Apollo and Artemis's birth. (Hera and Zeus other children born before the twins are Ares, Hebe, and Eris.) And the twins are older than Hermes. On another not the older gods birth order was Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and then Zeus. The only god I cant fit is Aphrodite who could have been born from anywhere before Hestia to after Hermes...so who knows.