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👤 Rhea

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8194714" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8194714">🌍 Egypt </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8228863" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8228863">🌍 Arcadia </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8253951" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8253951">🌍 Libya (North Africa) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8254131" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8254131">🌍 Samos (island) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="10137185" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_10137185">🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11300910" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11300910">🌍 the Land of the Atlantians </span>
  • Information
    Titan
    Sometimes conflated with
    👤 Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Dindyme mother of CybeleStraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
    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
    Identified with
    👤 the Syrian Goddess form of Atargatis worshiped by GreeksLucian, On the Syrian GoddessLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian
    Daughter of
    👤 Ouranos father of CronosApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodDionysios ScytobrachionDionysios ScytobrachionEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)EuhemerusEuhemerus👤 Ge personification of EarthApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Hesiod👤 Hestia Olympian goddessDiodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)EuhemerusEuhemerusEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)
    Mother of
    👤 Hestia Olympian goddessApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Pindar, Nemean 11PindarMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Tenedos (city) city on the island of the same namePindar👤 Demeter Olympian goddessApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE) Homeric Hymn 2 to DemeterEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric Hymn👤 Hera Olympian goddessApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE) Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric Hymn Homeric Hymn 12 to HeraLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucianLucianLucian, On SacrificesDiodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Pindar, Nemean 11PindarMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Tenedos (city) city on the island of the same namePindarEuhemerusEuhemerusEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)👤 Poseidon Olympian godApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lucian, The DanceLucianLucianHesiod, TheogonyHesiodHesiodD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasServius, Scholia on GeorgicsServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Lucian, Dialogues of the GodsDiodoros, LibraryDiodorosEuhemerusEuhemerusEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lucian, The DanceLucianLucianHesiod, TheogonyHesiodHesiodD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE) Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric Hymn Homeric Hymn 12 to HeraLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, On SacrificesDiodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE) Homeric Hymn 2 to DemeterLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, On FuneralsCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusCallimachusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)CallimachusLucian, The Dream, or the CockLucian, Timon, or the MisanthropeLucian, SaturnaliaPindar, Olympian 2Pindar🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Acragas (Sicily) city in Sicily, now called AgrigentoPindarDionysios ScytobrachionDionysios ScytobrachionEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Euphorion of ChalcisEuphorion of ChalcisMiddle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)StraboGeographyStraboPs-Lucian, The PatriotPs-LucianLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Ps-LucianAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesAntoninus LiberalisBoios, Origins of BirdsBoiosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Pindar, Nemean 11🌍 Tenedos (city) city on the island of the same nameEuhemerusEuhemerus👤 Hades Underworld godApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Homer, IliadEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Lucian, The DanceLucianLucianHesiod, TheogonyHesiodHesiodD-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Lucian, On Funerals👤 Isis Egyptian goddessDiodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)👤 Osiris Egyptian godDiodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyDiodorosGreekLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
    Wife of
    👤 Cronos Titan, father of ZeusApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucianLucianPindar, Olympian 2PindarEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Acragas (Sicily) city in Sicily, now called AgrigentoPindarDionysios ScytobrachionDionysios ScytobrachionEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Servius, Scholia on GeorgicsServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergilEuhemerusEuhemerusOvid, MetamorphosesEpicOvid👤 Ammon (god) Egyptian god identified by the Greeks with ZeusDionysios ScytobrachionMythography & HistoriographyDionysios ScytobrachionGreekEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
    Has children with
    👤 Cronos Titan, father of ZeusApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, TheogonyEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodHomer, IliadHomerPausaniasGeographyPausanias Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric Hymn Homeric Hymn 2 to DemeterLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucianLucianLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, On SacrificesLucian, On FuneralsLucian, The Dream, or the CockLucian, Timon, or the MisanthropeLucian, SaturnaliaPindar, Olympian 2PindarEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Acragas (Sicily) city in Sicily, now called AgrigentoPindarDiodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Dionysios ScytobrachionDionysios ScytobrachionEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)D-Scholia, IliadD-ScholiaLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Euphorion of ChalcisEuphorion of ChalcisMiddle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)Lucian, The DanceEuhemerusEuhemerusServius, Scholia on GeorgicsServiusLatinLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Vergil, GeorgicsVergil
    Divine patron of
    🌍 Mygdonia (Thrace) region in ThraceLucian, On SacrificesLucianGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Lucian
    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)
    Related Entities
    👤 Adrasteia  👤 Amaltheia  👤 Ammon (god)  👤 Amphitrite  👤 Aphrodite  👤 Apollo  👤 Artemis  👤 Athena  👤 Coios (Titan)  👥 the Corybantes  👥 the Couretes (guardians)  👤 Creios  👤 Cronos  👤 Demeter  👤 Demophon (Athenian)  👤 Dione (Titan)  👤 Dionysos (Olympian)  👤 Eileithyia  👤 Eurynome (Oceanid)  👤 Ge  👤 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 (Olympian)  👥 the Giants 👤 Iris  👤 Isis  🌍 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  🌍 Libya (North Africa)  🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)  🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)  🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)  🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)  🌍 Lake Triton (Libya)  🌍 Delos (island)  🌍 Thessaly  🌍 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 (goddess)  👤 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 (region)  🌍 Thenai (Crete)  🌍 Omphalian Plain (Crete)  👤 Osiris  🏛️ the Childbed of Rhea (Arcadia)  🏛️ the Cave of Zeus (Crete)  👤 Scamandros (eponym)  🌍 the Sanctuary of Rhea on Mount Ida (Troad)  👤 Dindyme  🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa) 🏛️ the House of Rhea (Knossos) 🌍 Mount Alesion (Arcadia) 🌍 Nysa (Libya)  🏛️ the Cave of Dionysos (Libya)  🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria)  🏺 the Stone of the Nemean Lion  👤 Titan (s. of Ouranos)  👤 the Golden Dog (Cretan)  👤 Dionysos (Libyan)  👤 the Foal of Cronos
    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 📖 Diodoros, Library 1.13.1-1.14.4 📖 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 📖 Strabo 8.3.22 📖 Strabo 10.3.11 📖 Strabo 10.3.12 📖 Strabo 10.3.13 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169 📖 Strabo 10.3.15 📖 Strabo 10.3.19-10.3.20 📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.12 📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.93 📖 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 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.450-9.665 📖 Diodoros, Library 2.7.1-2.9.9 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63 ⚒️ Lindian Chronicle (Nationalmuseet 7125; Trismegistos 817951; PHI 190693)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Pausanias Corinna  Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter  Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo  Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite  Homeric Hymn 12 to Hera Strabo Eumelos, Europia Bacchylides Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses Lucian, On Sacrifices Lucian, On Funerals Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock Lucian, Timon, or the Misanthrope Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess Lucian, The Dance Lucian, Saturnalia Pindar, Olympian 2 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Pindar, Nemean 11 Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses Euripides, Bacchae Servius, Scholia on Georgics Vergil, Georgics
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491 📖 Eumelos, Europia fr. 27 West 📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 164 Lightfoot 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 61 📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42 📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94 📖 Boios, Origins of Birds 📖 Euhemerus test. 49 Winiarczyk 📖 Euhemerus test. 53 Winiarczyk 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 6 Rusten 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 11 Rusten 📖 Ctesias of Cnidos, Persica fr. 1 📖 Euripides, Bacchae 1-63
    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 Belos at Babylon 🏛️ 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
    🌍 Egypt  🌍 Arcadia  🌍 Libya (North Africa)  🌍 Samos (island)  🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia)  🌍 the Land of the Atlantians
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