Theia (Oceanid)
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nymphs, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of the Cercopes. She is not to be confused with Theia, sister to Oceanus and Tethys and mother of Helios, Selene and Eos
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Mythology
The Oceanid nymph[1] Theia became the mother of the Cercopes,[2][3] two mischievous impish thieves, by her own father Oceanus.[4] When her sons stole from the hero Heracles, he seized and bound them and was about to kill them; Theia begged him to let her sons go.[5] They were then transformed into either monkeys or stone.[4]
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References
- ISBN 978-0198147411.
- Tzetzes, John (1601). Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra / Cum eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis commentariis. Paul Estienne.
- Worthen, Thomas D. (1991). The Myth of Replacement: Stars, Gods, and Order in the Universe. ISBN 978-0-816-51200-3.