2 :Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) The name as well as the nature of this divinity is one of the most difficult points in ancient mythology. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. The lion was sacred to the mother of the gods, because she was the divinity of the earth, and because the lion is the strongest and most important of all animals on earth, in addition to which it was believed that the countries in which the goddess was worshipped, abounded in lions (comp. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) At first, Kronos seemed willing to be a good father and not to resemble Ouranos. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. Her Roman form is Ops. Zeus prepared nectar mixed with sleeping potion to Kronos' guests, while he prepared an extremely powerful emetic for Kronos himself. to C1st A.D.) :Virgil, Georgics 4. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) Rhea was the youngest daughter among the Titans, the eldest of the three races born to,Enraged for her husband's actions, Gaea told her remaining children to avenge their brothers and overthrow and kill their arrogant, sadistic father. The family members and genealogy of Rhea can be established via the Titan gods family tree, providing an instant overview of the relationships between the major Titan gods and goddesses and their children. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) In the end, Kronos propsed Rhea on Mount Othrys, to which she accepted.Kronos and Rhea's wedding was held at Mount Orthys. 46. 1 & 70. Her Roman counterpart is Cybele. Despite he enjoy his authority and power, he got lonely and depressed. Her two loyal lions accompanied her at the reception, which was served with,The newlyweds enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon together. :Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 69 (trans. When his siblings claimed to be too busy, Kronos knew that the actual reason was their secret fear of his power and infamous temper. Cod. 8. 5 :Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 498 ff (trans.

Rhea had one bridesmaid, her sister Tethys. Rhea seemed shocked at the prospect of murdering her own father since she hadn't thought it possible to kill an,After successfully murdering Ouranos with help from,During the Golden Age, Rhea became the Titaness of Motherhood and always helped her sisters deliver and raise all of their children (.However, Rhea was the most beautiful Titaness of all, which quickly earned her the attention of Kronos himself. :Corinna, Fragment 654 (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) Mair) (Greek poet C3rd A.D.) :Nonnus, Dionysiaca 8. 60. Dans la mythologie grecque, Rhéa, ou Rhéia (en grec ancien Ῥέα / Rhéa ou Ῥεία / Rheía), est une Titanide, fille d'Ouranos (le Ciel) et de Gaïa (la Terre), sœur et femme du Titan Cronos, et mère des dieux et déesses Hestia, Déméter, Héra, Hadès, Poséidon et Zeus Rhea's surfac… A few weeks later, Rhea gave birth to their first child: a beautiful girl named Hestia. 22 (trans. When the goddess was returned to her, she was visited by Rhea who persuaded her to rejoin the company of the gods on Olympos.Rhea was sometimes represented as a goddess of childbirth.For MYTHS of Rhea as a goddess of childbirth see:According to Aiskhylos (Aeschylus), the Ionian Sea between southern Greece and Sicily was formerly named the Gulf of Rhea after the goddess.The Homeric, Orphic and Lyric hymns to the goddess describe her as the Meter Theon (Mother of the Gods) and identify her with Kybele (Cybele).Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand,(Hesiod Theogony 116, Apollodorus 1.1, Orphic Hymn 14, Diodorus Siculus 5.65.1),(Hesiod Theogony 453, Apollodorus 1.4, Diodorus Sic.
Rhea (görög betűkkel Ῥέα, vagy Rheia) női titán (titanisz) a görög mitológiában.. Uranosz és Gaia leánya, valamint Kronosz felesége, akitől gyermekei, Hesztia, Démétér, Héra, Hadész (Aidész), Poszeidón és Zeusz születtek.. Kronosz születésük után lenyelte első öt gyermekét, mert attól tartott, hogy valamelyikük megfosztja hatalmától. 110 ff (trans. § 3; Philostr.The various names by which we find Rhea designated, are, "the great mother," "the mother of the gods," Cybele, Cybebe, Agdistis, Berecyntia, Brimo, Dindymene, "the great Idaean mother of the gods." :Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 836 ff (trans. Greek Lyric IV) (C5th B.C.) [1.1] OURANOS & GAIA (Hesiod Theogony 116, Apollodorus 1.1, Orphic Hymn 14, Diodorus Siculus 5.65.1)[1.2] AITHER (or OURANOS) & GAIA (Hyginus Pref)

1 :Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 19 (trans. 1231 ff (trans. 66. Rhea's dress was made by the Elder Cyclopes (before they were put back into Tartarus): it was a long white and red dress with a diamond sash. She was the sister-wife of the Titan King Kronos and mother of the six Elder Olympian gods (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, and the Big Three).
41. There, in a cave at the base of Mount Ida, Rhea gave birth to her sixth and final child, who she named,When Zeus grew to adulthood, Rhea advised her son to turn into a Titanic version of himself. 1 (trans. to 2nd A.D.) :Pseudo-Hyginus, Preface (trans. Afterwards he and Rhea took the throne as King and Queen. All the Titans were allowed to come. Campbell, Vol. 62 ff (trans.

The Titaness daughter of Uranus (the Sky) and Gaia (the Earth) in Greek mythology. 197 ff (trans.Boyle) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. As before, Kronos feared that any one of them might one day overpower him and swallowed all of them whole. Some consider Rhea to be merely another form of era, the earth, while others connect it with.The Thracians, in the mean time, conceived the chief divinity of the Samothracian and Lemnian mysteries as Rhea-Hecate, while some of them who had settled in Asia Minor, became there acquainted with still stranger beings, and one especially who was worshipped with wild and enthusiastic solemnities, was found to resemble Rhea. Her long, black hair was curled in a cascade of ringlets. Claiming that Koios advised her to do so, Rhea successfully departed for Crete.

7 :Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 224). As before, Kronos won the contest, but Zeus' emetic was so powerful, that it forced him to instantly disgorge all of the contents of his stomach, in reverse order of swallowing: first the boulder, then Poseidon, followed by Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia.Zeus quickly introduced himself to his elder siblings and all of them quickly escaped from Mount Othrys before their Titanic uncles and cousins came to their senses. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :Callimachus, Hymn 1 to Zeus (trans. x. p. 471; Hom.Crete was undoubtedly the earliest seat of the worship of Rhea; Diodorus (v. 66) saw the site where her temple had once stood, in the neighbourhood of Cnossus, and it would seem that at one time she was worshipped in that island even under the name of Cybele (Euseb.The temple of the Dindymenian mother had been built by Pindarus (Paus.