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	Rhea Silvia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Rhea Sylvia (also written as Rea Silvia), and also known as Ilia, was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome.
		Silva means woods or forest, and Rea may be related to res and regnum; Rea may also be related to Greek rheô, "flow," and thus relate to her association with the spirit of the river Tiber.
		Niebhur connected the name Rhea Silvia with 'Rea' meaning 'guilty' and 'Silvia' 'of the forest' and so assumed that Rhea Silvia was a generic name for 'the guilty woman of the forest,' i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhea_Silvia (322 words)

	Rhea articles on Encyclopedia.com
		Rhea RHEA [Rhea] in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn.
		Hestia HESTIA [Hestia], in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of the hearth; daughter of Kronos and Rhea.
		Demeter DEMETER [Demeter], in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of harvest and fertility; daughter of Kronos and Rhea.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLERhea (458 words)

	Rhea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Rhea was the sister and wife of Cronus and the mother of many of the other major gods of the pantheon.
		In biology, Rheas are a species of large flightless bird native to South America.
		In Roman mythology, Rhea Silvia was the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhea (144 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rhea
		Category: Disambiguation Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the popular sitcom Cheers.
		Rhea (or Ria meaning "she who flows") was the Titaness daughter of Uranus and of Gaia.
		In Homer, Rhea is the mother of the gods, though not a universal mother like Cybele, the Phrygian Great Mother, with whom she was later identified.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rhea (696 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rhea Silvia
		Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome in Roman mythology, were the supposed sons of the god Mars and the priestess Rhea Silvia.
		Vulcan, in Roman mythology, is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus.
		In Roman mythology, King Numitor of Alba Longa, son of Procas, was the father of Rhea Silvia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rhea-Silvia (1766 words)

	Rhea Silvia: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Rhea Silvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In Roman mythology, Rhea Silvia was the daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus by Mars.
		Amulius forced Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin, a devotee of Vesta, so that she would never bear any sons that might overthrow him.
		Amulius threw Rhea Silvia and her sons into the river Tiber.
	www.encyclopedian.com /il/Ilia.html (150 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Rhea Silvia is the first work comprising the cycle The Cytherean Trilogy, and follows the standards of classical tragedy.
		It retells the tale of Rhea Silvia, the vestal virgin who was impregnated by the noble god Mars and became the mother of Romulus, founder of Rome and therefore not only of the entire Latin race, cultures and languages but also of the Western tradition of Imperium or imperialism.
		In this light, Rhea Silvia is a political work sharing the general radical direction of the founding of the faculty of cytherics.
	staff.haas.berkeley.edu /chytry/rhea.html (113 words)

	The Kings of Ancient Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Their mother, Rhea Silvia, was the daughter of King Numitor of Alba Longa (a city in Latium, Italy).
		The king was overthrown by his brother Amulius, who forced Rhea to become a vestal virgin to prevent her from having children who might challenge his claim to the throne.
		When Rhea became pregnant by the god Mars and gave birth to handsome twin sons, Amulius sent her into exile and set the children adrift in a trough or basket on the Tiber river.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/royal_history/68311 (455 words)

	Quirinus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		He and his brother Remus are the twins sons of Mars, the god of war, and Rhea Silvia, daughter of the dethroned king Numitor of Alba Longa and a Vestal virgin dedicated to the goddess of the hearth, Vesta.
		Because she broke her vows of chastity, Rhea Silvia and her children were cast into the River Tiber.
		Rhea Silvia was rescued by the god Tiberinus, who made her his wife.
	filebox.vt.edu /c/ccooley/TCQuirinus.htm (231 words)

	Search Results for "Rhea (zoology)"
		...Also known as Saturn V (or S5), Rhea is 950 mi (1530 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 327,487 mi (527,040 km), and has equal orbital and rotational...
		...Greek religion and mythology, goddess of harvest and fertility; daughter of Kronos and Rhea.
		...Greek religion and mythology, goddess of the hearth; daughter of Kronos and Rhea.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Rhea+(zoology) (291 words)

	Romulus
		Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars.
		The god Tiberinus saved Rhea Silvia from drowning, and the brothers were miraculously rescued by a she-wolf.
		The wolf reared the twins together with her cubs underneath a fig tree (the 'ruminalus ficus').
	www.pantheon.org /articles/r/romulus.html (212 words)

	Orpheus: Myths of the World: Roman: The Children of Mars, Part I
		Not with violence, therefore, did he deal with her, but with craft: he had the maiden (Rhea Silvia she was named) placed amongst those who might never marry, amongst those who tended the sacred fire of Vesta and were named Vestal Virgins, and this he did under the pretence of honouring his brother's daughter.
		Now at the season of the year when Rhea Silvia's twin boys were born the river spreads its stream beyond its banks, making shallow and stagnant pools.
		He knew that Rhea Silvia's twin boys had been cast into the river, and he knew that he had found these twins at a time not long after King Amulius's sentence had been carried out.
	www.sacred-texts.com /etc/omw/omw39.htm (2027 words)

	rom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		He and his twin brother, Remus, were the sons of Mars, god of war, and of Rhea Silvia, also called Ilia, one of the vestal virgins.
		Rhea Silvia was the daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa, who had been deposed by his younger brother Amulius.
		Amulius had made Rhea Silvia a priestess so that she would have no children to make claims against his throne.
	www.masters-table.org /pagan/rom.htm (311 words)

	Mars (Ares)
		As a result, Rhea Silvia became pregnant with twin sons, Romulus and Remus: the founders of the city of Rome.
		Mars was said to have raped Rhea Silvia, a Vestal Virgin, while she drew water at a spring in his sacred grove.
		When their birth became known, Rhea Silvia was condemned as a fallen priestess and imprisoned.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /mythology/Definitions_gods/Mars2_def.html (521 words)

	Italian American Luminaries - Italy at ST. Louis - italystl.com
		Rhea Silvia had been the only child of King Numitor of Alba Longa.
		When Numitor's brother Amulius deposed him, he also forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin, thereby ensuring that there would be no other claimant to the throne.
		The myth in synopsis form is that twin sons were born to Rhea Silvia and the God of War, Mars, who, when they grew up, would be the ancestor precursors or initiators of Rome - with Romulus being the actual founder of Rome.
	www.italystl.com /ialum3.htm (1642 words)

	Rhea Silvia and Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This handle of a second-century CE Roman silver bowl depicts Mars and two cupids descending from Olympus to impregnate the sleeping Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa, which had been founded by Ascanius, son of Aeneas.
		Rhea Silvia's uncle cast her in prison and put the babies in a reed basket on the Tiber to drown.
		There were rescued, however, by a she-wolf, and raised by a shepherd.
	www.vroma.org /images/mcmanus_images/mars2.htm (154 words)

	Romulus and Remus -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		They were said to be the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, and Rhea Silvia, the daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa.
		Rhea had been forced to become a vestal virgin by her uncle, Amulius, who had deposed Numitor.
		When Rhea gave birth, Amulius imprisoned Rhea Silvia and ordered servants to cast the...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276783 (818 words)

	Rhea Silvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Rhea Silvia was the daughter of King Numitor, who was the king of Alba Longa and a descendant of Aeneas
		Therefore, Amulius ordered Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin (to serve the goddess Vesta) and remain a virgin.
		Mars (Ares) took a liking to Rhea Silvia and one night, he raped her, making her pregnant with twins.
	www.svh.richland2.org /%7Emmyer/2/Myth2History/RheaSilviaEN.html (397 words)

	Rome's Founder
		Rhea's grandfather had named his oldest son (her father) to succeed him, but after a time a younger son seized power and had Rhea installed as a Vestal Virgin.
		His motive was apparently to keep her from having sons who might lay claim to the crown.
		Rhea refused to name the father but insisted instead that she had been raped by the god Mars.
	www.12x30.net /romulus.html (350 words)

	Founding of Florence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Silvia knew she had to protect her children, so she made a small basket out of river
		Rhea Silvia begged Mars to hide Larissa as she gave the basket to Father
		Mars, observing all, came to Rhea Silvia in the form of a vulture.
	www.unc.edu /~whollar/Founding_of_Florence.html (813 words)

	ROMULUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		ROMULUS, a Roman hero, was said to be the son of Mars.
		His mother was Rhea Silvia, a Vestal virgin and daughter of King Numitor.
		Amulius usurped the throne from Numitor, and when Rhea Silvia bore the twins, Amulius ordered them thrown into the Tiber.
	www.columbia.edu /dlc/garland/deweever/R/romulus.htm (251 words)

	ROMULUS - Online Information article about ROMULUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Rhea Silvia or Ilia, daughter of Numitor, who had been dispossessed of the See also:
		Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Silvia, were placed in a trough and See also:
		CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/ROMULUS.html (1283 words)

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		Unfortunately for Amulius, the great god Mars had his eye on Rhea Silvia, who was young and very pretty.
		Anyway, one night he slipped down to earth and surprised Rhea Silvia as she lay sleeping.
		He had the wretched Rhea Silvia thrown into the River Tiber, with the twins, locked up in a box, hurled in after her.
	wigowsky.topcities.com /Rome/romulus.htm (1179 words)

	Rhea Sylvia : Rea Silvia
		Rhea Sylvia (also written as Rea Silvia) was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome.
		He forced Rhea Sylvia to become a Vestal Virgin, a priestess to the goddess Vesta who is sworn to lifelong celibacy, so that Numitor would not have any heirs.
		Silva means woods or forest, and Rea may be related to res and regnum.
	www.fastload.org /re/Rea_Silvia.html (210 words)

	Romans - Legend of Rome
		Their father was Mars, the God of War, their mother was Rhea Silvia, a vestal virgin and daughter of the King, Numitor.
		Numitor's brother, Amulius, had taken the throne from him and had forced Rhea Silvia to become a vestal virgin so that she would not have any children who might try to take back the throne.
		When the boys were born, Amulius seized them, put them into a basket and threw them into the river Tiber.
	www.historyonthenet.com /Romans/legend_of_rome.htm (413 words)

	Romulus and Remus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Romulus and Remus with their wolf foster-mother, bronze sculpture, c.
		Traditionally, they were the sons of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa.
		Numitor had been deposed by his younger brother Amulius, who forced Rhea to become a vestal virgin (and thereby vow chastity) in order to prevent her from giving birth to potential claimants to the throne.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9083869 (827 words)

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