When Cronus learnt that he was destined to be overthrown by one of his children like his father before him, he swallowed all the children Rhea bore as soon as they were born. She is the older sister of Cronus, who was also her consort, and the mother of the five eldest Olympian gods ( Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon, and Zeus) and Hades, king of the underworld. Rhea or Rheia ( / ˈ r iː ə/ Ancient Greek: Ῥέα or Ῥεία ) is a mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, himself a son of Gaia. Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Persephone (Orphic)
