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Rhea

noun

Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor.

Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan. Synonyms: nandu, Pterocnemia pennata.

Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia. Synonym: Rhea americana.

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"Rhea" Quotes from Famous Books

... approval House bill No. 4658, entitled "An act granting a pension to Hiram R. Rhea and repealing an act approved March ...

— Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 8, Section 2 (of 2): Grover Cleveland • Grover Cleveland

... And marvel past belief, the prophet-oaks That syllable his speech), thou by their tongues, With clear acclaim and unequivocal, Wert thus saluted—Hail, O bride of Zeus That art to be—hast memory thereof? Thence, stung anew with frenzy, thou didst hie Along the shoreward track, to Rhea's lap, The mighty main; then, stormily distraught, Backward again and eastward. To all time, Be well assured, that inlet of the sea All mortal men shall call Ionian, In memory that Io fared thereby. Take this for proof and witness that my mind Hath more in ken than ever sense ...

— Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays • AEschylus

... crown is partly stripped of its hoary honours. But of all the gods of antiquity, none could with propriety sit for this picture excepting Saturn, the acknowledged representative of Noah, and the husband of Rhea, which was but another name for Ceres, the ...

— Celtic Literature • Matthew Arnold

Words linked to "Rhea" : Pterocnemia, ratite bird, ratite, genus Pterocnemia, Agdistis, flightless bird, Titaness