Theia - wikipedia Theia For other uses, see Theia ( disambiguation ). Theia Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky Member of the Titans In the frieze of the Great Altar of Pergamon ( Berlin ), the goddess who fights at Helios ' back is conjectured to be Theia Other names Euryphaessa, Aethra ( probably ) Consort Hyperion Offspring Helios, Selene, Eos Parents Gaia and Uranus Siblings Titans Crius Cronus Coeus Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phoebe Rhea Tethys Themis Hekatonkheires Briareos Cottus Gyges Cyclops Arges Brontes Steropes Other siblings Gigantes Erinyes ( the Furies ) Meliae Half - siblings Aphrodite Typhon Python Uranus In Greek mythology, Theia ( / ˈθiːə / ; Ancient Greek : Θεία, translit. Theía, also rendered Thea or Thia ), also called Euryphaessa `` wide - shining '', is a Titaness. Her brother / consort is Hyperion, a Titan and god of the sun, and together they are the parents of Helios ( the Sun ), Selene ( the Moon ), and Eos ( the Dawn ). Contents 1 Etymology 2 Mythology 2.1 Earliest account 2.2 Later myths 3 Genealogy 4 Theia in the sciences 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References Etymology The name Theia alone means simply `` goddess '' or `` divine '' ; Theia Euryphaessa ( Θεία Εὐρυφάεσσα ) brings overtones of extent ( εὐρύς, eurys, `` wide '', root : εὐρυ - / εὐρε - ) and brightness ( φάος, phaos, `` light '', root : φαεσ - ). Mythology Earliest account Hesiod 's Theogony gives her an equally primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia ( Earth ) and Uranus ( Sky ). Robert Graves also relates that later Theia is referred to as the cow - eyed Euryphaessa who gave birth to Helios in myths dating to Classical Antiquity. Later myths Once paired in later myths with her Titan brother Hyperion as her husband, `` mild - eyed Euryphaessa, the far - shining one '' of the Homeric Hymn to Helios, was said to be the mother of Helios ( the Sun ), Selene ( the Moon ), and Eos ( the Dawn ). Pindar praises Theia in his Fifth Isthmian ode : `` Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else ; and through the value you bestow on them, o queen, ships contending on the sea and yoked teams of horses in swift - whirling contests become marvels. '' She seems here a goddess of glittering in particular and of glory in general, but Pindar 's allusion to her as `` Theia of many names '' is telling, since it suggests assimilation, referring not only to similar mother - of - the - sun goddesses such as Phoebe and Leto, but perhaps also to more universalizing mother - figures such as Rhea and Cybele. Genealogy hide Hyperion 's family tree Uranus Gaia Pontus Oceanus Tethys Hyperion THEIA Crius Eurybia The Rivers The Oceanids Helios Selene Eos Astraeus Pallas Perses Cronus Rhea Coeus Phoebe Hestia Hera Poseidon Zeus Leto Asteria Demeter Hades Apollo Artemis Hecate Iapetus Clymene ( or Asia ) Themis ( Zeus ) Mnemosyne Atlas Menoetius Prometheus Epimetheus The Horae The Muses Theia in the sciences Main article : Giant impact hypothesis Theia 's mythological role as the mother of the Moon goddess Selene is alluded to in the application of the name to a hypothetical planet which, according to the giant impact hypothesis, collided with the Earth, resulting in the Moon 's creation. Theia 's alternate name Euryphaessa has been adopted for a species of Australian leafhoppers Dayus euryphaessa ( Kirkaldy, 1907 ). A Theia figure has been found at the Necropolis of Cyrene. See also Greek mythology in popular culture Notes Jump up ^ M.M. Honan, Guide to the Pergamon Museum, Berlin 1904, etc. Jump up ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 132. Jump up ^ Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, 42. a Jump up ^ Hesiod, Theogony 371 ; of `` cow - eyed, Karl Kerenyi observes that `` these names recall such names as Europa and Pasiphae, or Pasiphaessa -- names of moon - goddesses who were associated with bulls. In the mother of Helios we can recognize the moon - goddess, just as in his father Hyperion we can recognise the sun - god himself '' ( Kerenyi, The Gods of the Greeks, 1951, p. 192 ). Jump up ^ Hesiod, Theogony 132 -- 138, 337 -- 411, 453 -- 520, 901 -- 906, 915 -- 920 ; Caldwell, pp. 8 -- 11, tables 11 -- 14. Jump up ^ Although usually the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, as in Hesiod, Theogony 371 -- 374, in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes ( 4 ), 99 -- 100, Selene is instead made the daughter of Pallas the son of Megamedes. Jump up ^ According to Hesiod, Theogony 507 -- 511, Clymene, one of the Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, at Hesiod, Theogony 351, was the mother by Iapetus of Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus, while according to Apollodorus, 1.2. 3, another Oceanid, Asia was their mother by Iapetus. Jump up ^ According to Plato, Critias, 113d -- 114a, Atlas was the son of Poseidon and the mortal Cleito. Jump up ^ In Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 18, 211, 873 ( Sommerstein, pp. 444 -- 445 n. 2, 446 -- 447 n. 24, 538 -- 539 n. 113 ) Prometheus is made to be the son of Themis. Jump up ^ Joyce Reynolds and James Copland Thorn ( 2005 ). `` Cyrene 's Thea figure discovered in the Necropolis ''. Libyan Studies. doi : 10.1017 / S0263718900005525. References Smith, William ; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London ( 1873 ). `` Theia '' Ancient Greek deities by affiliation Primordial deities Achlys Aether Aion / Chronos Ananke Chaos Erebus Eros / Phanes Gaia Hemera Nyx The Ourea Pontus / Thalassa Tartarus Uranus Fates Atropos Clotho Lachesis Titan deities Titanes ( male ) Coeus Crius Cronus Hyperion Iapetus Oceanus Ophion Titanides ( female ) Dione Eurybia Mnemosyne Phoebe Rhea Tethys Theia Themis Hyperionides Eos Helios Selene Koionides Asteria Leto Lelantos Krionides Astraeus Pallas Perses Iapetionides Atlas Epimetheus Menoetius Prometheus Mousai ( Muses ) Aoide Arche Melete Mneme Olympian deities Dodekatheon Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus Theoi Olympioi Asclepius Deimos Ganymede Eileithyia Enyo Eris Iris Harmonia Hebe Heracles Paean Pan Phobos Mousai ( Muses ) Daughters of Zeus Calliope Clio Euterpe Erato Melpomene Polyhymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania Daughters of Apollo Apollonis Borysthenis Cephisso Muses of the Lyre Hypate Mese Nete Muses at Sicyon Polymatheia Charites ( Graces ) Aglaea Antheia Euphrosyne Hegemone Pasithea Thalia Horae ( Hours ) Dike Eirene Eunomia Styktides Bia Kratos Nike Zelos Aquatic deities Theoi Halioi Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calypso Ceto Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Kymopoleia Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Phorcys Pontus / Thalassa Poseidon Proteus Rhodos Tethys Thaumas Thetis Triton Oceanids Acaste Admete Adrasteia Amalthea Asia Callirrhoe Ceto Clytie Dione Dodone Doris Electra Eurynome Idyia Melia Metis Nemesis Perse Pleione Plouto Styx Telesto Zeuxo Nereides Amphitrite Arethusa Dynamene Galatea Galene Psamathe Thetis Potamoi Achelous Almo Alpheus Anapos Asopus Asterion Axius Caanthus Cebren Cephissus Clitumnus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phyllis Peneus Rivers of the Underworld Cocytus Eridanos Lethe Phlegethon Styx Sangarius Scamander Simoeis Strymon Naiads Aegina Achiroe Aganippe The Anigrides Argyra Bistonis Bolbe Caliadne Cassotis Castalia Cleocharia Creusa Daphne Drosera Harpina The Ionides Ismenis Larunda Lilaea Liriope Melite Metope Minthe Moria Nana Nicaea Orseis Pallas Pirene Salmacis Stilbe The Thriae Corycia Kleodora Melaina Tiasa Chthonic deities Theoi Chthonioi Angelos Demeter Gaia Hades Hecate The Lampads Macaria Melinoë Persephone Zagreus Erinyes ( Furies ) Alecto Megaera Tisiphone Earthborn Cyclopes Gigantes Hecatonchires Kouretes Meliae Telchines Typhon Apotheothenai Trophonius Triptolemus Orpheus Aeacus Minos Rhadamanthus Personifications Children of Nyx Achlys Apate Dolos Eleos Elpis Epiphron Eris Geras Hesperides Hybris Hypnos Ker The Keres The Moirai Aisa Clotho Lachesis Momus Moros Oizys The Oneiroi Epiales Morpheus Phantasos Phobetor Nemesis Philotes Sophrosyne Thanatos Children of Eris Algos Amphillogiai Ate The Androktasiai Dysnomia Horkos Hysminai Lethe Limos Machai Phonoi Ponos Neikea Pseudea Logoi Children of other gods Aergia Aidos Alala Aletheia Angelia Arete Bia Caerus The Younger Charites Eucleia Eupheme Euthenia Philophrosyne Corus Deimos The Erotes Anteros Eros Hedylogos Hermaphroditus Hymen Eupraxia Hedone Homonoia Iacchus Kratos The Litae Homonoia Nike Peitho Phobos Tyche Zelos Others Adephagia Alala Alke Amechania Anaideia Alastor Apheleia Aporia The Arae Dikaiosyne Dyssebeia Ekecheiria Eulabeia Eusebeia Gelos Heimarmene Homados Horme Ioke Kakia Kalokagathia Koalemos Kydoimos Lyssa The Maniae Methe Nomos Palioxis Peitharchia Penia Penthus Pepromene Pheme Philotes Phrike Phthonus Pistis Poine Polemos Poros Praxidike Proioxis Prophasis Roma Soter Soteria Techne Thrasos Other deities Sky deities The Anemoi The Astra Planeti Stilbon Eosphorus Hesperus Pyroeis Phaethon Phaenon Aura Chione The Hesperides The Hyades Nephele The Pleiades Alcyone Sterope Celaeno Electra Maia Merope Taygete Agricultural deities Aphaea Ariadne Carmanor Demeter Despoina Eunostus Philomelus Plutus Health deities Asclepius Aceso Epione Iaso Hygieia Panacea Telesphorus Rustic deities Aetna The Alseids The Auloniads Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato Eurydice The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The Epimeliades Hecaterus Leuce Ma The Maenades The Meliae The Napaeae The Nymphai Hyperboreioi The Oreads Adrasteia Echo Helike Iynx Nomia Oenone Pitys The Pegasides Priapus Rhapso Silenus Telete Others Acratopotes Adrasteia Agdistis Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Astraea Circe Eiresione Enyalius Harpocrates Ichnaea Palaestra Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Theia&oldid=811141079 '' Categories : Greek goddesses Titans Offspring of Gaia Hidden categories : Pages using infobox deity with unknown parameters Articles containing Ancient Greek - 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Question: which two titans became the parents of the sun and the moon
Answer: Theia