Ourea
{{Short description|Greek mountain deities}}
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In Greek mythology, the Ourea ({{langx|grc|Οὔρεα|Oúrea|mountains}}, plural of {{langx|grc|Οὖρος|Oûros}}, or 'Oûros') were the parthenogenetic offspring of Gaia (Earth), produced alongside Uranus (Sky), and Pontus (Sea).Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA24 p. 24]; Gantz, p. 10; Caldwell, [https://archive.org/details/hesiodstheogony00hesi/page/4/mode/2up?view=theater p. 5, table 3], [https://archive.org/details/hesiodstheogony00hesi/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater p. 6].
According to Hesiod:
{{blockquote|And [Gaia] brought forth long hills [Οὔρεα], graceful haunts
of the goddess Nymphs who dwell amongst the glens of the hills.Hesiod, Theogony [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:104-138 129–131]; cf. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.496 1.498].}}
Defined by Middle Liddell as from οὖρος "mountain, hill; mule; a guard."[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 Middle Liddell]
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References
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 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}}. [https://archive.org/details/hesiodstheogony00hesi/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive].
- Fitz Simon, James A., Vincent Alphonso Fitz Simon, The Gods of Old: and The Story That They Tell, T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. [https://archive.org/details/MN40014ucmf_2/page/n53/mode/2up?view=theater 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}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XfGw5uYrDMYC&pg=PA24 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 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}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HC93q4gsOAwC&pg=PA1020 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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