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👤 Rhea

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  • Information
    Titan
    Sometimes conflated with
    👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Dindyme
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108419
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/27139
    LIMC headword
    Rhea
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/xTLQsCVdSuCBnSMpcZNmoQb
    Gender
    Female
    Identified with
    👤 the Syrian Goddess
    Appearance and powers
    Can grant superhuman powersCan resurrect the dead
    Birth
    Birth is narrated
    Daughter of
    👤 Ouranos👤 Ge👤 Father of the Titans (name unknown)👤 Hestia
    Mother of
    👤 Hestia Olympian goddess👤 Demeter Olympian goddess👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Hades Underworld god👤 Isis Egyptian goddess👤 Osiris Egyptian god
    Wife of
    👤 Cronos👤 Ammon (god)
    Has children with
    👤 Cronos
    Belongs to
    👥 the Titans
    Divine patron of
    🌍 Mygdonia (Thrace)
    Cult sites
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Rhea on Mount Ida (Troad)🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)🌍 Samothrace (island)🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria)
    Cult established by
    👤 Attis
    Dwelling
    🏛️ the House of Rhea (Knossos)
    Related entities
    👤 Cronos🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Daidalos👤 Coios (Titan)👤 Creios👤 Dione (Titan)👤 Ge👤 Hyperion (Titan)👤 Iapetos👤 Mnemosyne👤 Oceanos (Titan)👤 Ouranos👤 Phoibe (Titan)👤 Tethys👤 Theia👤 Themis👥 the Titans👤 Demeter👤 Hera👤 Hestia👤 Poseidon👤 Hades👤 Zeus (Olympian)🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete)👤 Adrasteia👤 Amaltheia👥 the Couretes (guardians)👤 Ida🏺 the Milk of Amaltheia👤 Demophon (Athenian)👤 Phyllis (Thracian)🌍 Cyprus (island)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 Mount Cybela👤 Oinone (Trojan)🌍 Mount Aigaion (Crete)🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly)🌍 Lyctos (Crete)🏺 the Stone of Cronos🏛️ Spring Arne (Arcadia)👤 the Foal of Cronos🌍 Mount Alesion (Arcadia)🌍 Mount Lycaion (Arcadia)🌍 Mount Thaumasion (Arcadia)🏛️ the Cave of Rhea (Mt Thaumasion)🌍 River Lymax (Arcadia)👥 the Dactyloi🌍 Mount Ida (Crete)🌍 Arcadia👤 Alcinoe👤 Anthracia👤 Glauce (Arcadian)👤 Hagno👤 Neda👤 Oinoe (Arcadian)👤 Phrixa (Arcadian)👤 Theisoa (eponym)🌍 the Sanctuary of Hera at Samos🌍 River Imbrasos (Samos)🌍 Petrachos (Boiotia)👥 the Giants👤 Hopladamos🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens👤 Persephone🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)🌍 the Rarian Plain (Eleusis)👤 Amphitrite👤 Eileithyia👤 Iris👤 Leto🌍 Delos (island)👤 Apollo🏛️ the Palm Tree (Delos)👤 Pelops (Pisan)👥 the Corybantes🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)👤 Eros👤 Attis🌍 Crete (island)🌍 Mygdonia (Thrace)👤 Philyra (Oceanid)👤 Styx (Oceanid)🌍 Parrhasia (region)🏛️ the Childbed of Rhea (Arcadia)🌍 River Neda (Arcadia/Messenia/Elis)🌍 Knossos (Crete)🌍 Thenai (Crete)🌍 Omphalian Plain (Crete)🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria)🌍 Phrygia🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)🌍 Samothrace (island)👤 Aphrodite👤 Artemis👤 Athena👥 the Moirai👤 Nemesis👤 Selene🌍 the Troad👤 Scamandros (eponym)👤 Cybele (goddess)👤 Ammon (god)🌍 Lake Triton🌍 Nysa (Libya)🏛️ the Cave of Dionysos (Libya)🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Rhodes (island)👥 the Telchines👤 Capheira👤 Father of the Titans (name unknown)👥 the Dictaian Nymphs of Mount Ida (Cretan)🏛️ the Cave of Zeus (Crete)🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)🌍 Mount Tmolos (Asia Minor)👥 the Satyrs👤 Dindyme🌍 Thessaly🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)👤 Eurynome (Oceanid)🌍 Tartaros🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)👤 the Syrian Goddess🏺 the Stone of the Nemean Lion👤 Titan (s. of Ouranos)👤 the Golden Dog (Cretan)👤 Hecate (goddess)👤 Triptolemos🏺 the Chariot of Triptolemos👤 Isis👤 Osiris🌍 the Sanctuary of Rhea on Mount Ida (Troad)🏺 the Statue of Phrygian Rhea🏛️ the House of Rhea (Knossos)
    Mentioned by
    ⚒️ Lindian Chronicle (Nationalmuseet 7125; Trismegistos 817951; PHI 190693)📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.1-1.1.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5-1.2.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6-1.1.7📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.17📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6📖 Hesiod, Theogony 126-138📖 Hesiod, Theogony 134-210📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491📖 Hesiod, Theogony 617-653📖 Homer, Iliad 15.184-15.199📖 Pausanias 9.2.7📖 Pausanias 8.8.2-8.8.4📖 Pausanias 8.10.1📖 Pausanias 8.36.3📖 Pausanias 8.41.2📖 Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10📖 Pausanias 8.47.3📖 Pausanias 7.4.4📖 Pausanias 9.41.6📖 Pausanias 8.36.2-8.36.3📖 Pausanias 1.18.7📖 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📖 Bacchylides fr. 42📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 12.1-2 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📖 Lucian, The Dance 8📖 Lucian, The Dance 37📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 5-6📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 1-22📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83📖 Corinna fr. 654 PMG📖 Pindar, Nemean 11 1-16📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 13📖 Diodoros, Library 1.13.1-1.14.4📖 Diodoros, Library 2.7.1-2.9.9📖 Diodoros, Library 3.57.1-3.57.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.61.1-3.61.6📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609📖 Diodoros, Library 3.68.1-3.68.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.71.1-3.71.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.130📖 Diodoros, Library 5.55.1-5.55.7📖 Diodoros, Library 5.60.1-5.60.5📖 Diodoros, Library 5.65.1-5.65.4📖 Diodoros, Library 5.66.1-5.66.6📖 Diodoros, Library 5.68.1-5.68.3📖 Diodoros, Library 5.70.1-5.70.6📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 14.1-2 MacLeod📖 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📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.93📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1189-1213📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 10📖 Callimachus, Aetia 54b Harder📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 19📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 36📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.450-9.665📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.12📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryApollodoros, EpitomeHesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadPausanias Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Homeric Hymn 12 to HeraBacchylidesLucian, 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 2CorinnaPindar, Nemean 11Ps-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadStraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsLycophron, AlexandraVergil, GeorgicsPs-Lucian, The PatriotCallimachus, AetiaAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesOvid, MetamorphosesEuripides, Bacchae
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadHesiod, TheogonyCtesias of Cnidos, PersicaDionysios ScytobrachionEuphorion of ChalcisEumelos, EuropiaZeno of RhodesEuripides, BacchaeDemetrios of ScepsisVergil, GeorgicsEuhemerusBoios, Origins of Birds
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 6 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 11 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 164 Lightfoot📖 Eumelos, Europia fr. 27 West📖 Zeno of Rhodes BNJ 523 fr. 1📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 61📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📖 Euhemerus test. 49 Winiarczyk📖 Euhemerus test. 53 Winiarczyk📖 Boios, Origins of Birds📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42
    Depictions
    🏺 the Statue of Phrygian Rhea🎨 Wall Paintings from Colombarium of the Caecilii, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10787-8)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Poeta Tragico VI 8, 3.5, Pompeii (MANN 9105, 9108, 9559; PALP r6-i8-p5-space-3)🎨 Attic Red-Figure Hydria (BM 1868,0606.8; LIMC Demeter 368)🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Daidalos🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria)🏛️ the Temple of Belos at Babylon
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statue of Rhea and Cronos in the Temple of Hera, Plataia (LIMC Kronos 34)🎨 Reliefs on the Altar of Athena Alea in the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea (LIMC Neda 1)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Arcadia🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia)🌍 Samos (island)🌍 Egypt🌍 the Land of the Atlantians🌍 Libya (North Africa)
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