Theia
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Theia (; ) also called Thea, Thia, Euryphaessa, Aethra or Basileia, was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth).
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Theia was a Titaness in ancient Greek mythology, one of the divine beings born from the sky god Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia. She is known by several names in different ancient sources, including Thea, Thia, Euryphaessa, Aethra, and Basileia.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Theia
- Deity.member_of
- the Titans
- Deity.image
- Altar Pérgamo Theia 02.JPG
- Deity.script_name
- Ancient Greek
- Deity.script
- Θεία
- Deity.caption
- In the frieze of the Great Altar of Pergamon (Berlin), the goddess who fights at Helios' back is conjectured to be Theia
- Deity.other_names
- Euryphaessa, Aethra, Basileia
- Deity.abode
- Sky
- Deity.consort
- Hyperion
- Deity.parents
- Uranus and Gaia
- Deity.offspring
- Helios, Selene, Eos
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- Etymology
- Family
- Mythology
- Diodorus's account
- Theia in the sciences
- Genealogy
- See also
- Notes
- References
In Greek mythology, Theia (; ) also called Thea, Thia, Euryphaessa, Aethra or Basileia, was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth).
Her brother-husband is Hyperion, a god of the light, and together they are the parents of Helios (the Sun), Selene (the Moon), and Eos (the Dawn). She seems to be the same figure as Aethra, who is the wife of Hyperion and mother of his children in some accounts. Like her husband, Theia features scarcely in myth, being mostly important for the children she bore, though she appears in some texts and rare traditions.