Theia

Also known as Basileia

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).

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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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Image: Altar Pérgamo Theia 02.JPG

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name in native language: Θεία
Commons category: Theia (mythology)

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Etymology
Family
Mythology
Diodorus's account
Theia in the sciences
Genealogy
See also
Notes
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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.