Theia

Also known as: Thia · Family: Titanides · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.1

Life events

• Hyperion and Thia produced Dawn, Sun, and Moon.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
  • With: Hyperion Eos Helius Selene
  • “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon;”
• Earth and Heaven produce the first generation of Titans.(Hesiod, Theogony 1-116)
  • With: Earth Heaven Oceanus Coeus Crius Hyperion Iapetus Rhea Themis Mnemosyne Phoebe Tethys
  • “But afterwards she lay with Heaven and bare deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys.”
• Theia bears Helius, Selene, and Eos to Hyperion.(Hesiod, Theogony 295-404)
  • With: Hyperion Helius Selene Eos
  • “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion and bare great Helius (Sun) and clear Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn) who shines upon all that are on earth and upon the deathless Gods who live in the wide heaven.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.1

• parent: Sky “And again he begat children by Earth, to wit, the Titans as they are named: Ocean, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, and, youngest of all, Cronus; also daughters, the Titanides as they are called: Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione, Thia.”
• parent: Earth “And again he begat children by Earth, to wit, the Titans as they are named: Ocean, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, and, youngest of all, Cronus; also daughters, the Titanides as they are called: Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione, Thia.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.2

• child: Eos “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
• child: Helius “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”
• child: Selene “to Hyperion and Thia were born Dawn, Sun, and Moon”

Hesiod, Theogony 1-116

• parent: Heaven “But afterwards she lay with Heaven and bare deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea”

Hesiod, Theogony 295-404

• courtship with Hyperion “And Theia was subject in love to Hyperion”
• child: Helios “and bare great Helius (Sun)”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.