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RHEA
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: ‘Ρεια, ‘Ρεα (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: REE-ə (English) [key]
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Latinized form of Greek ‘Ρεια (Rheia), meaning unknown, perhaps related to ‘ρεω (rheo) "to flow" or ‘ρεος (rheos) "stream". In Greek mythology Rhea was a Titan, the wife of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Also, in Roman mythology a woman named Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. |
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