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Gaia

Goddess

In Greek mythology, Gaia (; Ancient Greek: Γαῖα, romanized: Gaîa, a poetic form of Γῆ (Gê), meaning 'land' or 'earth'), also spelled Gaea (), is the personification of Earth. She is the mother of Uranus (Sky), with whom she conceived the Titans (themselves parents of many of the Olympian gods), the Cyclopes, and the Giants, as well as of Pontus (Sea), from whose union she bore the primordial sea gods.

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Gaia. 1650 Gaia Bodemuseum Inv. 8290 anagoria
1650 Gaia Bodemuseum Inv. 8290 anagoria · AnagoriaImage source CC BY 3.0

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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“Then in their midst Agamemnon lifted up his hands and prayed aloud: Father Zeus, that rulest from Ida, most glorious, most great, and thou Sun, that beholdest all things and hearest all things, and ye rivers and thou earth, and ye that in the world below take vengeance on men that are done with life, whosoever hath sworn a false oath;”
Il. 3.275–279

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Apollo Tityos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2689
Apollo Tityos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2689Artist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Penthesilea Painter. Apollo Tityos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2689. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AApollo_Tityos_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_2689.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Penthesilea Painter

The Triumph of Gea
The Triumph of GeaSante Monachesi · 1959Arcumeggia open-air mural gallery

Sante Monachesi. The Triumph of Gea. Arcumeggia open-air mural gallery. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131613705

Saliera Cellini Vienna 18 04 2013 04
Saliera Cellini Vienna 18 04 2013 04Artist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Vassil. Saliera Cellini Vienna 18 04 2013 04. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASaliera_Cellini_Vienna_18_04_2013_04.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Vassil

Photograph / reproduction date: 2013-04-18 19:45:16

Feuerbach Gaea
Feuerbach GaeaArtist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Anselm Feuerbach. Feuerbach Gaea. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFeuerbach_Gaea.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Anselm Feuerbach

Photograph / reproduction date: 1875

Luke Jerram's Gaia inside UCL East
Luke Jerram's Gaia inside UCL EastArtist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Matt Brown. Luke Jerram's Gaia inside UCL East. собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALuke_Jerram%27s_Gaia_inside_UCL_East.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Matt Brown

Photograph / reproduction date: 2023-11-23 10:47:20

Greek Goddess Gaia illustrated in 2019
Greek Goddess Gaia illustrated in 2019Artist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Anna Zinonos. Greek Goddess Gaia illustrated in 2019. собрание не указано. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGreek_Goddess_Gaia_illustrated_in_2019.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Anna Zinonos

Photograph / reproduction date: 2019-11-27 00:12:39

Gaia Statue
Gaia StatueArtist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Blorengia. Gaia Statue. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGaia_Statue.JPG

Photograph / reproduction: Blorengia

Photograph / reproduction date: 2012-06-26 12:50:52

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