Rhea

Family: Greek names in Plutarch · First appears: The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4

In Plutarch’s “Isis and Osiris,” Rhea secretly accompanied Kronos, and Helios discovered her and cursed her so that she could not give birth in any month or year. On the five superadded days, she bore Aroueris, Typhon, Isis and Nephthys. Plutarch says Aroueris is called by some Apollo and by others the Elder Horus.

Relationship record

Life events

Rhea secretly accompanied Kronos and was discovered by Helios.(The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4)
- With: Kronos
- “The goddess Rhea, they say, having accompanied with Kronos by stealth, was discovered by Helios who straightway cursed her, and declared that she should not be delivered in any month or year.”
Helios cursed Rhea so she could not give birth in any month or year.(The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4)
- With: Helios
- “The goddess Rhea, they say, having accompanied with Kronos by stealth, was discovered by Helios who straightway cursed her, and declared that she should not be delivered in any month or year.”

The History of Isis and Osiris, collected by Plutarch · Part 4

child: Aroueris “Upon the second of these days was born Aroueris, whom some call Apollo, and others the Elder Horus.”
child: Typhon “Upon the third day Typhon was born, who came into the world neither at the proper time nor by the right way, but he forced a passage through a wound which he made in his mother's side.”
child: Isis “Upon the fourth day Isis was born, in the marshes of Egypt, and upon the fifth day Nephthys, whom some call Teleute, or Aphrodite, or Nike, was born.”
child: Nephthys “Upon the fourth day Isis was born, in the marshes of Egypt, and upon the fifth day Nephthys, whom some call Teleute, or Aphrodite, or Nike, was born.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of the Gods. Made with Rho MD.