Rhea may refer to: *

Rhea (bird) The rheas ( ), also known as ñandus ( ) or South American ostriches, are large ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the order Rheiformes, native to South America, distantly related to the ostrich and emu. Most ta ...

, genus of flightless birds native to South America *

Rhea (mythology) Rhea or Rheia (; Ancient Greek: Ῥέα or Ῥεία ) is a mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, the Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, himself a son of Gaia. She is the older sist ...

, a Titan in Greek mythology It may also refer to:

People

* Rhea (name), list of people with this name

Mythology

Rhea Silvia Rhea (or Rea) Silvia (), also known as Ilia (as well as other names) was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. Her story is told in the first book of ''Ab Urbe Condita Libri'' of Livy and in Cassius D ...

, in Roman mythology the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus * Rhea (mother of Aventinus), mother of Aventinus by Hercules * Rhea or Riadh, Celtic mythological hero

Science and technology

* Rhea (moon), a moon of Saturn *

577 Rhea Rhea (minor planet designation: 577 Rhea) is a minor planet orbiting the sun. It is named after Rhea, one of the Titans in Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the a ...

, an asteroid * Green ramie or rhea, a bast fibre plant * Rhea (pipeline), a set of scripts in R for the analysis of microbial profiles

Places

Rhea County, Tennessee Rhea County (pronounced ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,870. Its county seat is Dayton. Rhea County comprises the Dayton, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also i ...

Rhea Springs, Tennessee Rhea Springs was a community once located along the Piney River in Rhea County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Originally established in the 19th century as a health resort, the community was inundated when the completion of Wa ...

, a defunct town *

Île de Ré Île de Ré (; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ''ile de Rét''; en, Isle of Ré, ) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its high ...

or Rhea, an island in France

Music

* ''Rhea'', a 1908 opera by Spyridon Samaras * ''Rhea'', a 1988 composition for 12 saxophones by

Francisco Guerrero Marín Francisco Guerrero Marín (July 7, 1951 – October 19, 1997) was a Spanish composer. He was born in Linares and died in Madrid. During his lifetime, he completed several compositions, among which there are five major works for orchestra: Antar A ...

* "Rhea", a song on the 1997 album '' Did Tomorrow Come...'' by Polish heavy metal band Sirrah * ''Rheia'' (album), a 2016 album by Belgian band Oathbreaker

Ships

USS Rhea (AMc-58) USS ''Rhea'' (AMc-58) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. The first ship to be named ''Rhea'' by the Navy, ''AMc-58'' was ...

, a coastal minesweeper launched in 1941 *

USS Rhea (AMS-52) USS ''Rhea'' (AMS-52/YMS-299) was a acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing. History The second ship to be named ''Rhea'' by the Navy was laid down as ''YMS-299'' ...