Tea

For other uses of this term, see TEA. In the frieze of the Altar of Zeus of Pergamon (Berlin), it is conjectured that the goddess who fights behind Helios is Tea. In Greek mythology, Tea, Aunt or Teia (in Greek Θεία, also written Thea, Thia or Theia), also called Eurifaesa (Ευρυφαεσσα Euryphaessa, 'of great brightness'), was the Titanide of sight and by extension the goddess who endowed gold, silver and gems with their brilliance and intrinsic value.

Tea married his brother Hiperion, the god of the watchful sun, with whom he was the mother of Helios (of whom it is said in his Homeric hymn that he was the son of Eurifaesa), Selene and Eos, the sun, moon and dawn . The ancient Greeks believed that the sight was a ray emitted by the eyes similar to those of the sun and the moon, so it was logical that the goddess of sight was also the mother of the gods of these celestial bodies. After Titanomaquia, in which the Titánides had remained neutral, it went to live to the palace of its son Helios.

Píndaro elogia a Tea en su 5.ª oda ístmica:

Mother of the Sun, Tea of ​​many names, for you men honor gold above all else; and for the value you give them, O queen, the ships face in the sea and united horse-drawn wagons do wonders in fast turns. Tea here seems to be a goddess of brilliance in particular and of glory in general, but Pindar's allusion to her as "Tea of ​​many names" is revealing, for it suggests the assimilation not only of similar god-mothers of the sun as Phoebe and Leto, but perhaps also more universal goddesses like Rea and Cibeles.

The mythological role of Tea as the mother of the moon goddess Selene refers to the application of his name to the hypothetical planet that, according to the theory of great impact, collided with the Earth, causing the creation of the moon. Notes

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