Talk:Theia

Puzzling sentence about Ikhnaie

I removed a cryptic reference to Ikhnaie, since 'town of Thesprotia' seemed wrong. Modern Thesprotia is actually a region and I suppose the ancient one was too. Also the term 'tracing goddess' didn't make sense. Anyone who can figure this out (and provide a source!) is welcome to restore the information. For more clues consider looking at Ichnaea and Themis. The word 'tracing' could mean tracking? As in hunters tracking animals? EdJohnston (talk) 14:12, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Is her name pronounced 'thee-ah' or 'thay-ah'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.129.80.245 (talk) 11:58, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Theia as the "eldest" daughter claim

I'm surprised to read that Theia is the oldest daughter of Gaia and Uranus since, as far as I know, Oceanus is the oldest son and Tethys is the oldest daughter among the first generation of titans. This article claims that, according to Hesiod, Theia was the eldest daughter at line 132 of the Theogony. I checked this link: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D104. I cannot confirm that claim and Theia is mentioned after line 135. I see at least two inconsistencies.

ICE77 (talk) 19:45, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Here’s what Hesiod says: “But afterwards [Gaia] lay with Heaven and bore deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, [135] Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys.” (Theogony 132–136) So Theia is the first daughter listed by Hesiod. I think that Hesiod means that Theia was the oldest of the Titanides. But I think we would really need a source saying this, to assert this in the article. Paul August ☎ 21:39, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Paul August, from what I read Theia is merely listed as the first female in the list which is not enough to infer that she is the oldest. You seem to say that Hesiod inferred Theia was the oldest Titaness which I do not see anywhere.

ICE77 (talk) 06:42, 10 February 2018 (UTC)