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Gaia

Earth

also: Γαῖα, Earth

The Earth personified, invoked as a witness to Leto's oath on Delos (Hymn 3) and hymned in her own right as 'mother of all' in Hymn 30, source of good harvests and many children.

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Mentioned in 5 works (251 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 126 mentions
The Odyssey poem · 85 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 35 mentions
The Epigrams of Homer poem · 3 mentions
The Battle of Frogs and Mice poem · 2 mentions

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