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Cronus and Rhea were?

married and also brother and sister. The Greeks often identifies Rhea with the Phrygian Mother of Gods, Cybele.

Zeus was Cronus's ____?

sixth child. Zeus was the sixth and youngest child of Cronus and Rhea. Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter and Hera were his older brothers and sisters.

Who was Rhea's mother?

Gaia & Ge & Gaea.

What did Ge (or Gaia) make and give to Cronus with which he castrated Uranus?

A sickle flint. According to some versions of the myth Cronus castrated his father alone, according to others some of the Titans aided him. The sickle flint is mostly thought to represent the fertility of the earth, of which Cronus is the deity.

Where did Rhea take Zeus to hide him from Cronus and who helped protect Zeus?

Rhea took him to Crete where the Curetes protected him. According to an Arcadian version, Rhea called upon Hopladamus and his giants (who are not otherwise known) to protect her from Cronus.

According to some versions of the myth, after hiding Zeus, what did Rhea present to Cronus instead of the young god?

a stone wrapped in swaddling. Rhea gave her husband a stone, which he swallowed, thinking it was Zeus. Rhea also tricked her husband after Poseidon's birth, according to one version of the myth; she hid Poseidon with some lambs and presented Cronus with a lamb in his place.

What goddess did the Romans identify Rhea with?

Ops. Ops is the Roman goddess of plenty, identified with the Greek Rhea. Onca is a Phoenician goddess. Orcus is a Roman name for Pluto(Hades) or his realm. Rhamnusia is a title of Nemesis.

To whom did Rhea take Hera to keep her safe from the confilct between the Titans and Zeus?

Oceanus and Tethys. Son of Uranus and Ge and brother of Tethys, Oceanus was the river (or god) that flowed in a circular stream about the earth, near its banks lived Helius (sun) and Eos (dawn). Clymene and Iaptus are daughter and son of Oceanus and Tethys.

Who did Zeus release to help him against the Titans?

The Hecatoncheires and the Cyclops. Zeus released the Hecatoncheires (=Hundred-handed) and the Cyclops who Cronus had released on rising against his father, Uranus, who had originaly imprisoned them inside Ge.

After the ten year conflict Cronus and the Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus. Who were their jailers?

The Hecatoncheires. Echidna is a monster (half nymph, half snake).