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Rhea in the birth of Zeus

Rhea links two generations in Theogony: child of Gaia and Ouranos, and mother of Zeus.

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Every relationship retains its version

Theogony lists Rhea among the children of Gaia and Ouranos, then returns to her in the account of Kronos and the next generation.

Lines 453–500 describe their children and the concealment of Zeus’s birth. This is the poem’s narrative, not a historical event record.

The initial dataset therefore limits Rhea’s connections to Theogony. A later source must be added as a separate sourced claim.

Claims and evidence

Rhea is Zeus’s mother in Theogony.

Relationships by source version

Sources

  1. Hesiod, Theogony — H. G. Evelyn-White (1914)

    Theogony 134–138; 453–500

    Source accessed 2026-10-28

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Dione

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Ouranos

The sky born from Gaia, and a central figure in the narrative sequence preceding Aphrodite’s emergence.

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