Rhea (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Rhea, Rhia or Rheia was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia. She was the sister and wife of Cronus, and by him was the mother of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseid
Rhea hands the swaddled stone to Cronus, 2nd century AD, Capitoline Museums
Rhea (left) on the Pergamon Altar (2nd century BC)
Zeus
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Zeus is the supreme deity of the Greek pantheon. He is a sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
Rhea (mythology)
…of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). She was the sister and wife of Cronus, and by him was the mother of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. When Cronus learnt that he was destined to be overthrown by one of his children like his father before him, he swallowed all the children Rhea bore…
Zeus of Otricoli, a late Hellenistic or early Imperial bust after a 4th-century BC Greek statue
"Cave of Zeus", Mount Ida, Crete
Fresco of enthroned Zeus/Jupiter, Pompeii, House of the Dioscuri, 62-79 CE.
Zeus (centre left) battles against Porphyrion (far right), detail of the Gigantomachy frieze from the Pergamon Altar, Pergamon Museum, Berlin