- Rhea – Mythopedia
Rhea was a Greek Titan and mother of the Olympian gods After her husband Cronus consumed their first five children, she saved her sixth baby, Zeus, by giving Cronus a stone to swallow instead
- Greek Titans – Mythopedia
The Titans were the first children of the primordial Greek deities Uranus and Gaia Two of these Titans, Cronus and Rhea, became the parents of the original generation of Olympians, who overthrew the Titans, just as the Titans had overthrown Uranus before them
- Cybele – Mythopedia
Cybele was known in Greece from an early period and was often identified with other mother goddesses such as Rhea or Demeter She was typically imagined riding in a lion-drawn chariot, wearing a tall, turreted crown, or holding a tympanum (a hand drum) One well-known myth told of how Cybele caused her young lover Attis to castrate himself
- Theia – Mythopedia
Theia was one of the Greek Titans who fought against the Olympians in their celestial war, the Titanomachy She married her brother Hyperion and eventually gave birth to the gods of the sun, the moon, and the dawn
- Mars – Mythopedia
Mars was the raging Roman god of warfare whose fury inspired savagery in battle Father of city founders Romulus and Remus, Mars was revered not only as a god of war, but one whose conflicts brought about lasting peace
- Cronus – Mythopedia
Cronus was the youngest of the Greek Titans, best remembered for dethroning his father Uranus He became a tyrant, however, devouring his own children until he was finally usurped by his youngest son, Zeus
- Zeus – Mythopedia
Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus
- Demeter – Mythopedia
Demeter was a Greek Olympian goddess who reigned over crops, harvests, family, and fertility She was closely connected with her daughter Persephone
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