Theia (Oceanid): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
→References: add ISBN |
Deiadameian (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|Nymph in Greek mythology}} |
{{short description|Nymph in Greek mythology}} |
||
{{about|a nymph in Greek mythology|the goddess in Greek mythology|Theia|the planet hypothesized to have created the Moon|Theia (planet)|other uses|Theia (disambiguation)}} |
{{about|a nymph in Greek mythology|the goddess in Greek mythology|Theia|the planet hypothesized to have created the Moon|Theia (planet)|other uses|Theia (disambiguation)}} |
||
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Theia''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|iː|ə}}; {{lang-grc|Θεία|Theía}}, also rendered '''Thea''' or '''Thia''') is the name of one of the three thousand [[Oceanid]] [[nymphs]], daughters of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], and the mother of the [[Cercopes]] by her father Oceanus.<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]] [https://archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-00000373-002/page/n41/mode/2up?view=theater 91]</ref><ref>Fowler, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA323 323]</ref><ref>Worthen, [https://books.google.gr/books?hl=el&id=MtAnAAAAYAAJ p. 141]</ref><ref>"[http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol- |
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Theia''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|iː|ə}}; {{lang-grc|Θεία|Theía}}, also rendered '''Thea''' or '''Thia''') is the name of one of the three thousand [[Oceanid]] [[nymphs]], daughters of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]], and the mother of the [[Cercopes]] by her father Oceanus.<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]] [https://archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-00000373-002/page/n41/mode/2up?view=theater 91]</ref><ref>Fowler, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA323 323]</ref><ref>Worthen, [https://books.google.gr/books?hl=el&id=MtAnAAAAYAAJ p. 141]</ref><ref>"[http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1405 Cercopes]." Suda On Line. Tr. Jennifer Benedict. 11 April 2009</ref> When her sons stole from [[Heracles]], he seized and bound them and was about to kill them; Theia begged him to let her sons go.<ref>[[Suda]], s.v. [https://topostext.org/work/240#al.301 Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων]</ref> |
||
== See also == |
== See also == |
||
Revision as of 18:42, 25 March 2022
In Greek mythology, Theia /ˈθiːə/; Ancient Greek: Θεία, romanized: Theía, also rendered Thea or Thia) is the name of one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of the Cercopes by her father Oceanus.[1][2][3][4] When her sons stole from Heracles, he seized and bound them and was about to kill them; Theia begged him to let her sons go.[5]
See also
Notes
References
- Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0198147411.
- Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra / Cum eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis commentariis, 1601, published by Paul Estienne.
- Worthen, Thomas D., The Myth of Replacement: Stars, Gods, and Order in the Universe, University of Arizona Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-816-51200-3.