Theia
Greek · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Titaness of radiance, mother of Helios, Selene and Eos.
Parentage
- father: UranusHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
- mother: GaiaHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
Children
Domains
- radiance
Powers
- Bears Helios, Selene and Eos to Hyperion
- Bestows radiance and the value of bright gold
Epithets
- Εὐρυφάεσσα wide-shiningHomeric Hymn 31 to Helios (primary)
- Ἁλίου μᾶτερ Mother of the SunPindar, Isthmian 5 (primary)
Relations
- sibling: CoeusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: CriusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: CronusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: HyperionFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: IapetusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: MnemosyneFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: OceanusFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: PhoebeFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: RheaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: TethysFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: ThemisFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Uranus & Gaia) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: The ErinyesFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- father: UranusHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
- mother: GaiaHesiod, Theogony 133–138 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hesiod, Theogony 135, 371-374 (primary)