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Greek mountain deities
In
Greek mythology , the Ourea (
Ancient Greek : Οὔρεα ,
romanized : Oúrea ,
lit. 'mountains', plural of Οὖρος , or 'Oûros') were the
parthenogenetic offspring of
Gaia (Earth), produced alongside
Uranus (Sky), and
Pontus (Sea).
[1]
According to
Hesiod :
And [Gaia] brought forth long hills [Οὔρεα], graceful haunts of the goddess
Nymphs who dwell amongst the
glens of the hills.
[2]
Defined by
Middle Liddell as from οὖρος "mountain, hill; mule; a guard."
[3]
Notes
References
Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.
Online version at the Topos Text Project .
Caldwell, Richard, Hesiod's Theogony , Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (June 1, 1987).
ISBN
978-0-941051-00-2 .
Internet Archive .
Fitz Simon, James A., Vincent Alphonso Fitz Simon, The Gods of Old: and The Story That They Tell , T. Fisher Unwin, 1899.
p. 27
Gantz, Timothy , Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources , Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes:
ISBN
978-0-8018-5360-9 (Vol. 1),
ISBN
978-0-8018-5362-3 (Vol. 2).
Hard, Robin, Herbert Jennings Rose, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek mythology" , Routledge, 2004.
ISBN
978-0-415-18636-0 .
p. 24
Hesiod , Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .
Greek text available from the same website .
Littleton, Scott and the Marshall Cavendish Corporation Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Volume 1 . Marshall Cavendish, 2005.
ISBN
978-0-7614-7559-0 .
pp. 1020, 1134
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Frea&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Frea0&prior=o)/ros#Perseus:text:1999.04.0058:entry=o)/ros-contents
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