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Ῥέα_ , , Ep. Ῥείη Il.14.203 (in gen. Ῥείης,
A.v.l. Ῥείας), h.Cer.442, h.Ap.93 (Ῥέη codd.), h.Ven.43, Hes.Th.625 (Ῥείαν ib.135); Ῥεῖα δ᾽ ὑποδμηθεῖσα ib.453 (but with v.l. Ῥείη δ᾽ αὖ δμηθεῖσα); gen. “ῬείαςAP6.219.20 (Antip.); the common form Ῥέα is found in Il.15.187, as a monosyll.; contr. “ῬῆPherecyd.Syr.9; “Ῥέηh.Cer.459, Hes. Th.467:—Rhea, daughter of Uranos and Gaia, wife of Cronos, mother of Zeus and the gods, ll. cc. [Derived by Chrysipp.Stoic.2.318 from ῥέω, because rivers flow from Earth.]
II. Pythag. name for 2, Anatolius ap.Theol.Ar.12; also for 23 or 8, ib.55.
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    • Hesiod, Theogony, 135
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 453
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 467
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 625
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 3 to Apollo, 93
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 2 to Demeter, 442
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 2 to Demeter, 459
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 5 to Aphrodite, 43
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.203
    • Homer, Iliad, 15.187
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