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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[Earth|earth]]. This was one of the three [[primordial]] [[Greek god|deities]] who came after [[Chaos (god)|Chaos]], along with [[Tartaros]] and [[Eros]], according to [[Hesiod]] in ''[[Theogony]]''. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[Earth|earth]]. This was one of the three [[primordial]] [[Greek god|deities]] who came after [[Chaos (god)|Chaos]], along with [[Tartaros]] and [[Eros]], according to [[Hesiod]] in ''[[Theogony]]''.

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Gaia [r]: From Greek mythology, the earth. This was one of the three primordial deities who came after Chaos, along with Tartaros and Eros, according to Hesiod in Theogony.