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Rhea (; (ギリシア語:Ῥέα), (:r̥é.a͜a)) is the Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, in Greek mythology and sister and wife to Cronus. In early traditions, she is known as "the mother of gods" and therefore is strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, who have similar functions. The classical Greeks saw her as the mother of the Olympian goddesses and gods, but not as an Olympian goddess in her own right. The Romans identified her with Magna Mater (their form of Cybele), and the Goddess Ops. ==Etymology and namesakes== Most ancient etymologists derived ''Rhea'' ('Ρέα) by metathesis from έρα "ground",〔N. Hopkinson. "Rhea in Callimachus' Hymn to Zeus". ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies''. She hid Zeus from Cronus so he would not be eaten. 104 (1984:176-1770 p. 176; the evidence was marshalled by O. Grupp, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library〕 Alternatively, the name ''Rhea'' may be connected with words for the pomegranate, ῥόα, later ῥοιά. The name ''Rhea'' may ultimately derive from a pre-Greek or Minoan source.〔http://www.britannica.com/topic/Rhea-Greek-goddess〕〔https://books.google.ca/books?id=-OwRuSQQYi0C&pg=PA536&lpg=PA536&dq=rhea+pre-greek&source=bl&ots=N9i2h9-2dw&sig=sT2dQnLSoHN1Fm1905P1dwu32OE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBGoVChMI8ZDW3pvzyAIVjJ2ICh2cLQzN#v=onepage&q=rhea%20pre-greek&f=false〕〔http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01142761#page-1〕 The name of the bird species ''rhea'' is derived from the goddess name ''Rhea''.〔C. Michael Hogan. 2009. (''Lesser Rhea: Rhea pinnata'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg )〕 The second largest moon of the planet Saturn is named after her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhea (mythology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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