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InGreek mythology, theOurea (Ancient Greek:Οὔρεα,romanized: Oúrea,lit. 'mountains', plural ofAncient Greek:Οὖρος,romanized: Oûros, or 'Oûros') were theparthenogenetic offspring ofGaia (Earth), produced alongsideUranus (Sky), andPontus (Sea).[1]
According toHesiod:
And [Gaia] brought forthlong hills [Οὔρεα], graceful haunts
of the goddessNymphs who dwell amongst theglens of the hills.[2]
Defined byMiddle Liddell as fromοὖρος "mountain, hill; mule; a guard."[3]