Theia (Oceanid)
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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]
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References
- Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0198147411.
- Worthen, Thomas D., The Myth of Replacement: Stars, Gods, and Order in the Universe, University of Arizona Press, 1991.