Rhea (Ops)

Rhea in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

Rhea Ῥεία, Ῥείη, (or Ῥέη). The name as well as the nature of this divinity is one of the most difficult points in ancient mythology. Some consider Ῥέα to be merely another form of ἔρα, the earth, while others connect it with ῥέω, I flow (Plat. Cratyl. p. 401, &c.); but thus much seems undeniable, that Rhea, like Demeter, was a goddess of ...

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Rhea in Wikipedia

Rhea (pronounced /ˈriː.ə/; ancient Greek Ῥέα) was the Titaness daughter of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, in Greek mythology. She was known as "the mother of gods." In earlier traditions, she was strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, the Great Goddess, and was later seen by the classical Greeks as the mother of the Olympian gods and...

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