Ῥέᾱ,ἡ, Ep.
Ῥείη
Il. 14.203 (in gen.Ῥείης,
A.
v.l. Ῥείας ), h.Cer. 442 , h.Ap. 93 (Ῥέηcodd.), h.Ven. 43 , Hes. Th. 625 (Ῥείανib. 135 );Ῥεῖα δ' ὑποδμηθεῖσαib. 453 (but with v.l. Ῥείη δ' αὖ δμηθεῖσα ); gen. Ῥείας
AP 6.219.20
(Antip.); the common formῬέαis found in Il. 15.187 , as a monosyll.; contr.
Ῥῆ
Pherecyd.Syr. 9
; Ῥέη
h.Cer. 459
, Hes. Th. 467 :—Rhea, daughter of Uranos and Gaia, wife of Cronos, mother of Zeus and the gods, ll. cc. [Derived by Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.318 fromῥέω, because rivers flow from Earth.]
II.
Pythag. name for 2 , Anatolius ap. Theol.Ar. 12 ; also for 23 or 8 , ib. 55 .