A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 501
res),Hera (Juno), Hades (Pluto),Poseidon (Neptune), andZeus (Jupiter). Cronus swal-lowed all his children, butwhen Rhea Avas about to givebirth to Zeus, she went toLyctus in Crete. She gaveCronus a stone wrapped uplike a child. He swallowedthis supposing it to be theinfant. Many places claim tohave… … Rhea or Cybele. Rhea was worshipped. She wasIn Asia IVIinor or the MotherCybele, Agdistis, Dindymene, etc.,Her worship became wild and exciting irom the introductionof eastern rites, and in the and it was closely connected withthat of Dionysus (Bacchus). As Cybele she was worshippedin Phrvo-ia: as…
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