 Rhea, a
Titaness, was married to Cronus. She bore him four children: Hestia, Hera, Hades and Poseidon. However, unfortunately for Rhea,
Cronus devoured them soon after they were born because he knew that one of his
sons would overpower him and he hoped that swallowing his children would change his
destiny. But Rhea, when she was ready to give birth to her fifth child, hid
herself in a cave on the island of Crete. She gave birth to Zeus in this cave. Instead
of the baby, she gave Cronus a stone wrapped in baby clothes, which he swallowed
without knowing what Rhea had done. For the rest of his youth, Zeus was raised
in that hidden cave on Crete by nymphs and goats.
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Rhea Facts
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| Known
for |
being
the wife of Cronus
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| Mother |
Gaia
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| Father |
Uranus |
| Husband |
Cronus |
| Children |
Hades,
Zeus,
Hera, Poseidon,
and Hestia |
| Siblings |
Coeus,
Crius, Cronus,
Hyperion, Iapetus,
Mnemosyne, Oceanus,
Phoebe, Tethys,
Themis and Theia |
| Roman
Name |
none
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