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n. - (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.

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  • Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.
  • Already, in the nineteenth year of our era, according to Cassiodorus and Pliny, a new island, Theia
  • I assume one would also have to include the Moon, or perhaps rather Theia, as originally equally icy then.
  • Perhaps, however, the name Theonoe may mean "she who knows divine things" (Theia noousa) better than others.
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