Theia (Oceanid)

This article is about a nymph in Greek mythology. For the goddess in Greek mythology, see Theia. For the planet hypothesized to have created the Moon, see Theia (planet). For other uses, see Theia (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Theia /ˈθiːə/; Ancient Greek: Θεία Theía, also rendered Thea or Thia) is the name of one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of the Cercopes by her father Oceanus. When her sons stole from Heracles, he seized and bound them and was about to kill them; Theia begged him to let her sons go.

See also

• List of Oceanids

References

• Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0198147411.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra / Cum eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis commentariis, 1601, published by Paul Estienne.
• Worthen, Thomas D., The Myth of Replacement: Stars, Gods, and Order in the Universe, University of Arizona Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-816-51200-3.