Gaea then guided him to the secret cave beneath Mount Aegeum or Mount Dicte. Zeus was raised there and, when grown up, came to Mount Othrys as a cupbearer and mixed a potion into Cronus' drink which made him vomit all of his children.
Later, in a ten-year war, Zeus and Olympians defeated Cronus and the Titans. They became the next rulers, just like Cronus and his brothers had done in the past, when overthrowing Uranus. In the end, Rhea was the main reason that history repeated itself. According to Diodorus Siculus, it is said that Poseidon too had escaped the cannibalism of his father and that it was Rhea who had given him to the Telchines to look after him.
However, according Pausanias, Rhea had hidden Poseidon among a flock of lambs when he was next to be swallowed. Like mentioned in Ovid's Fasti, Rhea was mad and angry because she was often pregnant but never truly a mother of her children due to cannibalism of Cronus who ate most of them while Zeus and, variously, Poseidon on the other hand had to be hidden away from Cronus.
Rhea is often depicted sitting on a throne with a lion on either side. Rhea's chariot is also pulled by lions. Occasionally she is shown riding one. Rhea was often depicted wearing a crown especially when the statue was created with her on a throne. Fan Feed 1 Zagreus 2 Hades 3 Kronos. Universal Conquest Wiki.
Other Names. Titaness of. Chariot, tambourine, crown, cornucopia. Sacred Animal. When she was being worshipped actively, her followers would often dance jubilantly with boisterous drum beats in order to reach a state of ecstasy. By the time the Classical Era of Greece arrived, Rhea was no longer worshipped in this way and other goddesses replaced her.
Based on a prophesy he heard, Cronus feared that his children would revolt against him, so he swallowed them whole. Each time that happened, Rhea felt her heart breaking. When he became old enough, Zeus came back to reclaim his lost siblings and take down his father and the Titan rule.
At the end of the War of the Titans, the Olympic gods and goddesses came into power. Her long, black hair was curled in a cascade of ringlets. She walked down a carpet of flowers. Her two loyal lions accompanied her at the reception, which was served with nectar and ambrosia. Kronos , her husband and father of her six children. The newlyweds enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon together. A few weeks later, Rhea gave birth to their first child: a beautiful girl named Hestia.
At first, Kronos seemed willing to be a good father and not to resemble Ouranos. However, the Titan King suddenly realized that Hestia wasn't a Titaness, but rather, a more powerful and beautiful immortal. Fearing that Hestia might one day overpower him, Kronos quickly swallowed her whole, to the horror of Rhea.
Rhea thought many plans to free Hestia, but she feared to harm her in the process. Trying to calm his wife, Kronos would give Rhea many gifts and invite her to magnificent dinners. She would give birth to two even more powerful, beautiful daughters Demeter and Hera , and two strong, handsome sons Hades and Poseidon , all of whom were gods, not Titans. As before, Kronos feared that any one of them might one day overpower him and swallowed all of them whole.
Rhea pleaded with Kronos to spare their children but with no success, since even Kronos' love for Rhea wasn't enough to overpower his selfish and cruel nature.
A distraught Rhea soon heard the voice of her sleeping mother, who advised her to give birth to her final child on the island of Crete and that he would save his other siblings. Claiming that Koios advised her to do so, Rhea successfully departed for Crete.
There, in a cave at the base of Mount Ida, Rhea gave birth to her sixth and final child, who she named Zeus. She gave her newborn son to the nine nymphs that attended his birth and returned to Mount Orthys.
Using a huge smooth boulder from Gaea, Rhea deceived Kronos by wrapping the boulder up in swaddling clothes and pretending that it was her final child. As his body was struggling with the young gods inside himself all of them had been growing undigested in Kronos' stomach, being powerful immortals , Kronos swallowed the rock without even looking.
Rhea would secretly visit Zeus on Crete and helped the nymphs to raise him. While he was growing, he suckled the milk of the magical goat Amaltheia. When Zeus grew to adulthood, Rhea advised her son to turn into a Titanic version of himself. She took him to Kronos on Mount Othrys , where she introduced Zeus to him as a young Titan who wished to become his royal cup bearer.
Kronos, who was very impressed by Zeus' excellent singing, dancing and joking skills, promptly hired him. Shortly thereafter, Zeus encouraged the Titans to participate in drinking contests. As the Titan King, Kronos would always win since he couldn't let his siblings or nephews overcome him in anything.
Kronos eventually began trusting Zeus, which is exactly what the latter was waiting for. One evening when Kronos was dining together with his brothers and nephews, Zeus prepared a special set of drinks for them all.
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