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Zeus. Offspring. Athena, Porus. Metis ( / ˈmiːtɪs /; Ancient Greek: Μῆτις, romanized : Mêtis, lit. 'Wisdom', 'Skill', or 'Craft'), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, was one of the Oceanids. [1] She is notable for being the first wife and advisor of Zeus, the King of the Gods. She helped him to free his siblings from their ...
Rhea gave birth to Zeus in a cavern on the island of Crete, and gave Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he promptly swallowed; Rhea hid her infant son Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida. Her attendants, the warrior-like Kouretes and Dactyls , acted as a bodyguard for the infant Zeus, helping to conceal his whereabouts from his father.
Diana's mythology incorporated stories which were variants of earlier stories about Artemis. Possibly the most well-known of these is the myth of Actaeon. In Ovid's version of this myth, part of his poem Metamorphoses, he tells of a pool or grotto hidden in the wooded valley of Gargaphie. There, Diana, the goddess of the woods, would bathe and ...
v. t. e. Hebe ( / ˈhiːbiː /; Greek: Ἥβη ), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), [1] is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. [2] She functioned as the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia.
Rhea was discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini on 23 December 1672. It was the second moon of Saturn that Cassini discovered, and the third moon discovered around Saturn overall. Name. Rhea is named after the Titan Rhea of Greek mythology, the "mother of the gods" and wife of Kronos, the Greek counterpart of the god Saturn.
Ninurta, [1] Enlil [2] In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos ( / ˈkroʊnəs / or / ˈkroʊnɒs /, from Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled ...
Rhea (mythology), in Greek mythology the sister and wife of Cronos and the mother of many of the other major gods; Rhea Silvia, in Roman mythology the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus; People. These people have "Rhea" as their family name: Caroline Rhea (b.1964), stand-up comedian, television actress and host
