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Rhea or Rheia)—and the one endorsed by Plato in Cratylus—claimed that “Rhea” was a feminine form of the ancient Greek verb rheĊ, meaning “flow,” “discharge,” or “stream.” Modern scholars have also suggested possible connections with the Greek words rheia or rhea (“easily”), era (“earth”), and oros (“mountain”).
The Titans were the first children of the primordial Greek deities Uranus and Gaia. Two of these Titans, Cronus and Rhea, became the parents of the original generation of Olympians, who overthrew the Titans, just as the Titans had overthrown Uranus before them.
Cybele was known in Greece from an early period and was often identified with other mother goddesses such as Rhea or Demeter. She was typically imagined riding in a lion-drawn chariot, wearing a tall, turreted crown, or holding a tympanum (a hand drum). One well-known myth told of how Cybele caused her young lover Attis to castrate himself.
Among her brothers and sisters were the other Titans—Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Oceanus, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, Themis, and Rhea—as well as the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes, destructive monsters who terrorized gods and mortals alike. Family Tree. Parents
Rhea later incited Cronus and the other Titans to wage war against Ammon, who finally fled to Crete. Eventually, Cronus’ tyrannical rule was ended by Ammon’s son Dionysus. Dionysus installed Zeus, the son (in this tradition) of Cronus and Rhea, as king of Egypt, and the two joined forces to defeat the rest of the Titans. Worship Festivals
The Curetes were perhaps best known for their role in the myth of Zeus’ infancy. Zeus’ father Cronus had already eaten his first five children, fearing they would usurp him. Determined to save her next child, Zeus’ mother Rhea stole away while she was pregnant and delivered Zeus in secret.
Amalthea was the name of either the nymph or goat (there were different versions) who nursed Zeus when he was a baby. In some accounts, Zeus honored Amalthea after her death by placing her among the stars as a constellation; in others, he celebrated her by placing her skin over his shield, the aegis.
The Orphic version of Persephone, on the other hand, was a daughter of Zeus and Rhea, while an Arcadian version of Persephone called Despoina was the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon. The so-called “Persephone Krater,” an Apulian red-figure volute-krater by the Circle of the Darius Painter (ca. 340 BCE). Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany.
One of the children of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, Demeter was the sister of Zeus, Hestia, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. Her most famous daughter was Persephone—the bride of Hades and the mistress of the Underworld. Rarely meddling in others’ affairs, Demeter was among the most beloved and least controversial of all Greek deities. Her most ...
Rhea presents Cronus the stone wrapped in cloth, woodcut engraving from The Olympus or the Mythology of the Greeks and Romans by August Heinrich Petiscus (1878). Wikimedia Commons Public Domain. There are different versions of Zeus’ infancy.