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Theia

Titaness of sorcery. Theia was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was sometimes called, Euryphaëssa (Eurtphaessa).

Theia was the goddess of light. She married her brother Hyperion, and was the mother of Eos ("Dawn"), Helius ("Sun"), and Selene ("Moon"). By her other brother Oceanus, she was the mother of the Cercopes.

According to Diodorus Siculus, she was named Basileia, another name for Theia, the queen who ruled after Uranus. She was married to Hyperion, and had a son and daughter, Helius and Selene. She was a mortal queen who had been deified into a goddess. When the Titans murdered her husband and drowned her son, Basileia wandered through the land until she vanished after a thunderstorm. See Creation, Cosmogony of Diodorus Siculus.

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Theia, Thea, Thei, Θεία.
Euryphaëssa.

Basileia (according to Diodorus).

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Titans:

  • • Cronus (Saturn)
  • • Rhea (Ops)
  • • Oceanus
  • • Tethys
  • • Hyperion
  • • Theia
  • • Themis
  • • Mnemosyne
  • • Iapetus
  • • Coeüs
  • • Crius
  • • Phoebe
  • • Dione
  • • Atlas
  • • Prometheus
  • • Epimetheus
  • • Leto
  • • Asteria
  • • Perses
  • • Pallas
  • • Astraeüs
Hyperion

Hyperion

Titan of the sun. Hyperion was the son of Uranus and Gaea. Hyperion married his sister, the Titaness Theia, and was the father of Helius ("Sun"), Eos ("Dawn"), and Selene ("Moon"). He was sometimes confused with his son, Helius, who was also a sun...

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Phoebe

Phoebe

Titaness of the moon. Phoebe was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. Phoebe married her brother Coeüs (Coeus). Phoebe became the mother of Leto and Asteria, so Phoebe was the grandmother of Apollo, Artemis and Hecate. Her name means "light", and she ...

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Gaea and her Daughters

Gaea and her Daughters

In Greek mythology, Gaea and her daughters – Rhea, Themis and Dione – were the earliest earth and mother goddesses. These goddesses played decisive roles in Hesiod's Theogony, where they made or removed rulers.Gaea Gaea (Γαἳα) was seen as the eart...

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Selene

Selene

Goddess of the moon. Selene was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia. The Romans identified her as Luna. Selene was the sister of Helius (Sun) and Eos (Dawn). Selene was the mother of a daughter named Pandia, by Zeus. Selene may have been seduced by...

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Hyperion

Hyperion

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Eurybia

Eurybia

Daughter of Gaea and Pontus. Eurybia married the Titan Crius, and was the mother of Astraeüs (Astraeus), Perses and Pallas. For some reason, Hesiod says that she had a heart of flint. Hesiod had also called her a bright goddess.

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Dione

Dione

Dione was an obscure goddess. It was not certain whether she was either a Titaness or an Oceanid. None of the writers I had come across said anything about her attributes, but she was most likely the goddess of the sea, mainly because Dione was al...

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Helius

Helius

Sun and the god of the sun. Helius was the son of Hyperion and Theia. The Romans identified Helius as Sol. Helius was the brother of the goddesses Selene and Eos. Helius married Perseïs (Perseis) or Perse, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. They were...

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Tethys

Tethys

Titaness of the sea. Tethys was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She married her brother Oceanus. She became the mother of all the river gods. She is said to have borne three thousand daughters, known as the Oceanids. The eldest daughter was Styx,...

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Rhea (Ops)

Rhea (Ops)

Titaness and earth-goddess. Rhea was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. According to Diodorus Siculus, Rhea's other name was Pandora. Rhea was identified by the Romans as the goddess Ops and Magna Mater. Rhea married her brother Cronus and was the m...

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