entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_RHEA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.3, 1.2.1; daughter of Ouranos and Gaia; wife of Kronos; saves Zeus by wrapping a stone"
ENT_RHEA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 135, 453-506: Rhea is a Titaness daughter of Ouranos and Gaia; she marries Kronos and bears the six Olympians (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus); after Kronos swallows each child, she tricks him by presenting a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes for Zeus; Hesiod is the primary ancient narrative of Rhea as the mother of the Olympians"
ENT_RHEA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,"HH 14 (To the Mother of Gods): addressed to Rhea as the Mother of Gods (Meter theon); she is described as loving gongs, kettledrums, hand-cymbals, the shouting of wolves and fierce-eyed lions; this hymn conflates Rhea with Cybele (the Phrygian mother goddess)"
ENT_RHEA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,Rhea is named as the mother of the Olympians and the wife of Kronos; Iliad XIV.203 (Hera refers to her birth from Kronos and Rhea); Rhea's role as mother of the major gods is established in Homer
ENT_RHEA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_RHEA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."