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Basileia

deity sky Greek single tradition · 2

Basileia was a goddess who, in an unorthodox version of the myth recorded by Diodorus Siculus, married her brother Hyperion. She bore two children, Helios and Selene, who transformed into the Sun and Moon after being killed. She was left in great distress after the conspiracy that killed her husband and children.

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Relationships

parent of
Helios, Selene
consort of
Hyperion
manifests as
Theia
sibling of
Hyperion
child of
Uranus

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Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Hyperion (Titan)
  2. Theia

Source passages

“Hyperion married his sister Basileia and had two children by her, Helios and Selene; their brothers, envious of their happy issue and fearful that Hyperion would divert the royal power to himself”

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“In this account Basileia was the eldest daughter of king Uranus, who excelled in prudence and rearer her own brothers, earning the epithet 'Great Mother' from them. She succeeded her father to the throne, and took her brother Hyperion to husband in order to produce heirs. With him Basileia had two children, Helios and Selene”

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