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👤 Rhea

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  • Information
    Titan
    Sometimes conflated with
    👤 Cybele 👤 Dindyme
    LIMC headword
    Rhea
    Identified with
    👤 the Syrian Goddess
    Daughter of
    👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hestia 👤 Ouranos
    Mother of
    👤 Demeter 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Poseidon 👤 Hades 👤 Zeus
    Wife of
    👤 Cronos
    Has children with
    👤 Cronos
    Leader of
    👥 the Titans
    Belongs to
    👥 the Titans
    Divine patron of
    🌍 Mygdonia (Thrace)
    Cult sites
    🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Samothrace (island) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens 🌍 the Sanctuary of Rhea on Mount Ida (Troad) 🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria)
    Dwelling
    🏛️ the House of Rhea (Knossos)
    Related Entities
    👤 Adrasteia 👤 Amaltheia 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Coios (Titan) 👥 the Corybantes 👥 the Couretes (guardians) 👤 Creios 👤 Cronos 👤 Demeter 👤 Demophon (Athenian) 👤 Dione (Titan) 👤 Dionysos 👤 Eileithyia 👤 Eurynome (Oceanid) 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Hyperion (Titan) 👤 Iapetos 👤 Ida 👤 Mnemosyne 🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete) 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Ouranos 👤 Phoibe (Titan) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Hades 👤 Tethys 🏺 the Milk of Amaltheia 🏺 the Stone of Cronos 👤 Theia 👤 Themis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Giants👤 Iris 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Hecate (goddess)👤 Persephone 👤 Philyra (Oceanid) 👤 Phyllis (Thracian) 👤 Leto 👥 the Moirai 👤 Nemesis 👤 Oinone (Trojan) 👤 Selene 👤 Styx (Oceanid) 🌍 Tartaros 👥 the Titans 👤 Triptolemos 🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Cyprus (island) 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Rhodes (island) 👥 the Telchines🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 Knossos (Crete) 🌍 Mount Cybela 🌍 the Troad 🌍 Samothrace (island) 🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Lyctos (Crete) 👤 Eros 🌍 Mount Aigaion (Crete) 🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly) 👤 Alcinoe 👤 Anthracia 👤 Glauce (Arcadian) 👤 Hagno 👥 the Dactyloi 👤 Neda 👤 Oinoe (Arcadian) 👤 Hopladamos 👤 Phrixa (Arcadian) 🌍 Mount Lycaion (Arcadia) 👤 Attis 🌍 River Neda (Arcadia/Messenia/Elis) 👤 Theisoa (eponym) 👤 Cybele 👤 the Syrian Goddess 🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens 🏛️ Spring Arne (Arcadia) 🌍 the Rarian Plain (Eleusis) 🌍 Mount Thaumasion (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Cave of Rhea (Mt Thaumasion) 🌍 River Lymax (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Ida (Crete) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Hera at Samos🌍 River Imbrasos (Samos) 🏺 the Chariot of Triptolemos 🌍 Petrachos (Boiotia) 👥 the Satyrs 🏛️ the Palm Tree (Delos) 🌍 Mygdonia (Thrace) 🌍 Parrhasia (Arcadia) 🌍 Thenai (Crete) 🌍 Omphalian Plain (Crete) 🏛️ the Childbed of Rhea (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Cave of Zeus (Crete) 👤 Scamandros (eponym) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Rhea on Mount Ida (Troad) 👤 Dindyme 🏛️ the House of Rhea (Knossos)🌍 Mount Alesion (Arcadia)🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria) 🏺 the Stone of the Nemean Lion 👤 Titan (s. of Ouranos) 👤 the Golden Dog (Cretan)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.17📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1189-1213📖 Pausanias 9.2.7📖 Pausanias 8.10.1📖 Pausanias 8.36.3📖 Pausanias 8.41.2📖 Pausanias 8.47.3📖 Pausanias 9.41.6📖 Pausanias 1.18.7📖 Pausanias 7.4.4📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 51-89📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 441-469📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 91-126📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 33-44📖 Homeric Hymn 12 to Hera 1-5📖 Homer, Iliad 15.184-15.199📖 Pausanias 8.8.2-8.8.4📖 Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10📖 Pausanias 8.36.2-8.36.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.1-1.1.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5-1.2.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6-1.1.7📖 Hesiod, Theogony 126-138📖 Hesiod, Theogony 134-210📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491📖 Hesiod, Theogony 617-653📖 Eumelos, Europia fr. 27 West📖 Bacchylides fr. 42📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 12.1-2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 14.1-2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 20.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 7-8📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 5📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 7📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 10📖 Lucian, On Funerals 2📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 10-41📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 42-54📖 Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock 13📖 Lucian, Timon, or the Misanthrope 6📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 15📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 31-32📖 Callimachus, Aetia 54b Harder📖 Lucian, The Dance 8📖 Lucian, The Dance 37📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 5-6📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 1-22📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 10📖 Corinna fr. 654 col. i PMG📖 Pindar, Nemean 11 1-16📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 13📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.130📖 Strabo 8.3.22📖 Strabo 10.3.11📖 Strabo 10.3.12📖 Strabo 10.3.13📖 Strabo 10.3.15📖 Strabo 10.3.19-10.3.20📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 19📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 36⚒️ Lindian Chronicle (Nationalmuseet 7125; Trismegistos 817951; PHI 190693)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadHesiod, TheogonyLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasCorinna Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Homeric Hymn 12 to HeraStraboEumelos, EuropiaBacchylidesCallimachus, AetiaLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, On SacrificesLucian, On FuneralsCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusLucian, The Dream, or the CockLucian, Timon, or the MisanthropeLucian, On the Syrian GoddessLucian, The DanceLucian, SaturnaliaPindar, Olympian 2Ps-Lucian, The PatriotPs-Plutarch, On RiversPindar, Nemean 11Diodoros, LibraryAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesD-Scholia, IliadVergil, Georgics
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491📖 Eumelos, Europia fr. 27 West📖 Euphorion fr. 164 Lightfoot📖 Euripides, Bacchae 43-63📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 61📖 Boios, Origins of Birds📖 Euhemerus test. 49 Winiarczyk📖 Euhemerus test. 53 Winiarczyk
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Poeta Tragico VI 8, 3.5, Pompeii (MANN 9105, 9108, 9559; PALP r6-i8-p5-space-3)🎨 Wall paintings from Colombarium of the Caecilii, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10787-8)🎨 Attic Red-Figure Hydria (BM 1868,0606.8; LIMC Demeter 368)
    Reported depictions
    🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Daidalos 🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria) 🎨 Reliefs on the Altar of Athena Alea in the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea (LIMC Neda 1)🎨 Statue of Rhea and Cronos in the Temple of Hera, Plataia (LIMC Kronos 34)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Samos (island) 🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia)
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