11) Romulus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the throne of his brother Numitor, king of Alba Longa, he forced Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a vestal virgin so that she would bear no children. However,...
12) Pluto, in Greek religion and mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...and mythology, in Greek religion and mythology, god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea; also called Hades. After the fall of the Titans, Pluto and his brothers...
13) Kronos. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...he led the Titans in the revolt against Uranus and ruled the world. He married his sister Rhea and fathered the great gods-Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and...
14) Cybele. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...cent. B.C. her cult was introduced into Greece, where she was associated with Demeter and Rhea. The spread of her cult to Rome late in the 3d cent. B.C. was marked...
15) Titan, in Greek religion and mythology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...of Uranus and Gaea. They were Kronos, Iapetus, Hyperion, Oceanus, Coeus, Creus, Theia, Rhea, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, and Themis. The name Titan was sometimes applied...
16) Ops. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and was associated with Consus, god of crops. She was later identified with the Greek Rhea....
17) Virgo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...various civilizations identified her with such figures as Ceres, Isis, Ishtar, and Rhea. The most prominent star is Spica (Alpha Virginis), a white star of first...
18) Great Mother Goddess. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the Egyptians she was called Isis; in Greece she was variously worshiped as Gaea, Hera, Rhea, Aphrodite, and Demeter; and in Rome she was identified as Maia, Ops,...
19) Greek religion. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hestia, the virgin goddess of the hearth, were borrowed from the Indo-European invaders; Rhea was an indigenous Minoan goddess; Athena was Mycenean; Hera and Hermes...
20) Patagonia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..."Patagonian giants") are the most important. Among the native animals are the guanaco, the rhea, the puma, and the deer. 2Probably first visited (1501) by Amerigo...
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