- Alternative names
- BasileiaβAlceβDindymeneβMother of the gods
- Information
- 'Mother of the Gods'
- Possibly the same as
- π₯ the Mothers
- Sometimes conflated with
π€ Rhea Titan
π€ Demeter Olympian goddess
- Daughter of
π€ Ouranos father of Cronos
π€ Dindyme mother of Cybele
π€ Meion (Phrygian) king of Phrygia and Lydia
- Mother of
π₯ the Corybantes group of worshippers of Cybele, often conflated with similarly-named groups
π€ Helios personification of the sun
π€ Selene personification of the moon
- Wife of
π€ Hyperion (Titan) Titan
- Has children with
π€ Hyperion (Titan) Titan
- Born at
π Phrygia region in Anatolia
- Cult established by
π€ Broteas (s. of Tantalos) son of Tantalos, hunter who does not honor Artemis
π€ Attis Phrygian attendant of Cybele
π€ Myrine Amazon, buried at Troy
π€ Midas king of the Phrygians, son of Gordios
π₯ the Dactyloi group of young demigods, often identified with Couretes on Mount Ida
π₯ the Argonauts sailors on the Argo
- Derives etymology from
π Mount Cybela mountain in Phrygia
- Ruler of
π the Land of the Atlantians mythical territory on the Atlantic coast of Africa
- Divine patron of
π Mount Dindymon (E. Phrygia) mountain near Pessinous in Phrygia
- Cult sites
ποΈ the Temple of Cybele at Cyzicos (Mysia)π the Sanctuary of Cybele at Pessinous (Phrygia)π the Sanctuary of the Mother of the Gods on Mount Dindymon (Cyzicos) with cult of Dindyme or Cybele
ποΈ the Temple of Cybele (Boiotia?) built by Echion, where Atalante and Hippomenes have sex according to Ovid, likely intended to be in Boiotia
π Rock Coddinos (Lydia) near Mount Sipylos
π Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia
π the Acrocorinth (Corinth) citadel of Corinth
π Mount Sipylos (Lydia) mountain in Magnesia
π Olympia (Elis) home of the Olympic Games
π the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympiaπ Dyme (Achaia) city in Achaia
π Patrai (Achaia) city in Achaia
ποΈ the Steunos Cave (Phrygia)π Megalopolis (Arcadia) Arcadian city founded in the 4th century BCE
π the Sanctuary of Despoina at Lycosoura (Arcadia)π Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
π the Sanctuary of the Cabeiroi at Thebesπ Marpessos (Troad) city in the Troad
π Athens (Attica) city in Attica
π Anagyrous (Attica) deme of Attica
π Acriai (Laconia) city in Laconia
π Magnesia on the Maiandros (Caria)π Lydia (Asia Minor) Maionia, region in Asia Minor
π the Sanctuary at Samothrace site of mystery cult worship of several gods
π the Sanctuary of Cybele at Pessinous (Phrygia)π Phrygia region in Anatolia
π Mount Ida (Troad) mountain in the Troad
- Mentioned by
- π Pausanias 4.31.6βπ Pausanias 3.12.9βπ Pausanias 3.22.4βπ Pausanias 1.31.1βπ Pausanias 8.37.2βπ Pausanias 8.44.3βπ Pausanias 9.25.3βπ Pausanias 5.13.7βπ Pausanias 5.20.9βπ Pausanias 7.20.3βπ Pausanias 10.32.3βπ Pausanias 8.30.4βπ Pausanias 1.3.5βπ Homeric Hymn 14 to the Mother of the Gods 1-6βπ Pausanias 2.4.6-2.4.7βπ Pausanias 2.11.5-2.11.8βπ Pausanias 9.25.5-9.25.10βπ Pausanias 5.20.2-5.20.3βπ Pausanias 7.17.9-7.17.12βπ Pausanias 10.25.9-10.26.2βπ Pausanias 10.12.3-10.12.4βπ Pausanias 5.14.4-5.14.10βπ Danais fr. 3 Westβπ Lucian, Gout 30-53βπ Pindar, Pythian 3 77-115βπ Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 9βπ Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 10βπ Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 12βπ Diodoros, Library 3.55.4-3.55.11βπ Diodoros, Library 3.57.1-3.57.8βπ Diodoros, Library 3.58.1-3.58.4βπ Diodoros, Library 3.59.1-3.59.8βπ Pindar fr. 70b Snell-Maehlerβπ Pindar fr. 95 Snell-Maehlerβπ Ovid, Ibis 455-456βπ Ovid, Ibis 457-458βπ Ovid, Ibis 507-508βπ Strabo 10.3.12βπ Strabo 10.3.13βπ Euripides, Bacchae 64-169βπ Strabo 10.3.15βπ Strabo 10.3.22βπ Strabo 14.1.40βπ Strabo 12.5.3βπ Strabo 13.1.17βπ Callimachus, Iambi 3 = fr. 193-193a Pfeifferβπ Callimachus, Iambi 4 Pfeiffer = fr. 194-194a Pfeifferβπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.86-10.105βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.638-10.704βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.512-14.565βπ Diogenes of Athens FragTrag fr. 1 = fr. 1 Snell-Kannichtβπ Euripides, Helen 1301-1368βπ Pliny, Natural History 35.109βπ Ovid, Heroides 4ββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
- Mentioned in Text
- PausaniasβPindarβ Homeric Hymn 14 to the Mother of the GodsβStraboβ DanaisβLucian, GoutβPindar, Pythian 3βPs-Plutarch, On RiversβDiodoros, LibraryβOvid, IbisβOvid, MetamorphosesβEuripides, BacchaeβCallimachus, IambiβDiogenes of AthensβEuripides, HelenβPliny, Natural HistoryβOvid, Heroides
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Corinth (Argolid) βπ Athens (Attica) βπ Argos (city) βπ Thebes (Boiotia) βπ Paros (island) βπ Olympia (Elis) βπ Syracuse (Sicily) βPausaniasβDionysios ScytobrachionβEuripidesβPindarβHermesianaxβStraboβCallimachusβLucianβPs-PlutarchβDiodorosβOvidβDiogenes of AthensβPlinyβPausaniasβPindarβHermesianaxβDionysios Scytobrachionβ Homeric Hymn 14 to the Mother of the GodsβStraboβ DanaisβLucian, GoutβPindar, Pythian 3βPs-Plutarch, On RiversβDiodoros, LibraryβOvid, IbisβOvid, MetamorphosesβEuripides, BacchaeβCallimachus, IambiβDiogenes of AthensβEuripides, HelenβPliny, Natural HistoryβGreekβLatinβEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)βEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)βMiddle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)βLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)βEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)βMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)βEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)βLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)βMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)βGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)βGeographyβMythography & HistoriographyβWeaponryβEpicβTragedy & SatyrβΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
ΟΡίο ΞΞ»Ο
ΞΌΟΞ―Ξ±Ο / Archaeological Museum, OlympiaβAshmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, OxfordβΞΟΟΞ±ΞΉΞΏΞ»ΞΏΞ³ΞΉΞΊΟ ΞΞΏΟ
ΟΡίο Ξ Ξ¬ΟΞΏΟ
/ Archaeological Museum of Paros, ParikiaββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8061, B4346)βHomeric HymnβPindarβLucianβEuripidesβCallimachusβExclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention
- Depictions
π the Sanctuary of Asclepios at Titane (Argolid) established by Alexanor
ποΈ the Temple of Hera at Olympia in the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus