Rhea (mythology)

Rhea (mythology)
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  • Rhea (mythology) — Rhea Rhea presenting Cronus the stone wrapped in cloth. Consort Cronus …   Wikipedia

  • Rhea — may refer to,Mythology* Rhea (mythology), beautiful in Greek mythology, one of the Titans, the sister and wife of Cronus, the mother goddess who gave birth to many of the other major gods and goddesses * Rhea Silvia, in Roman mythology the mother …   Wikipedia

  • rhea — ► NOUN ▪ a large flightless bird of South American grasslands, resembling a small ostrich with greyish brown plumage. ORIGIN from Rhea, the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology …   English terms dictionary

  • Rhea (moon) — Infobox Planet name = Rhea alt names = Saturn V adjectives = Rhean caption = Cassini view of Rhea showing two adjacent impact basins bgcolour = #a0ffa0 discovery = yes discoverer = G. D. Cassini discovered = December 23, 1672 orbit ref = [… …   Wikipedia

  • Rhea (bird) — This article is about the bird. For other uses, see Rhea. Rhea Temporal range: pleistocene–present …   Wikipedia

  • Rhea — /ree euh/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife and sister of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia: identified with Cybele and, by the Romans, with Ops. 2. Astron. one of the… …   Universalium

  • rhea — /ree euh/, n. the ramie plant or fiber. [1850 55; < Assamese riha] * * * Greek goddess, one of the Titans. Daughter of Uranus and Gaea, she married her brother Cronus, who swallowed all their children except Zeus, whom Rhea concealed. Zeus then… …   Universalium

  • rhea — [ ri:ə] noun a large flightless bird of South American grasslands, resembling a small ostrich with greyish brown plumage. [Rhea americana and Pterocnemia pennata.] Origin C19: mod. L. (genus name), from Rhea, a Titan in Greek mythology …   English new terms dictionary

  • Rhea Silvia — noun (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus • Syn: ↑Rea Silvia • Topics: ↑Roman mythology • Hypernyms: ↑vestal virgin * * * /ree euh sil vee euh/, Rom. Legend …   Useful english dictionary

  • RHEA —    in the Greek mythology a goddess, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife of Kronos, and mother of the chief Olympian deities, Zeus, Pluto, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia, and identified by the Greeks of Asia Minor with the great earth… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Rhea — rɪə n. one of the Titans, mother of Zeus and other major Greek gods (Greek Mythology); one of the moons of the planet Saturn; female first name …   English contemporary dictionary

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