A statue of Rhea is flanked by two lions pulling a celestial chariot

Rhea and Cybele, the Phrygian Great Mother, are often compared. Both goddesses are typically shown as matronly women who are draped in a Polos or a Mural turret crown.

Each of them is depicted as a goddess on a lion and a chariot pulled by two lions. Additionally, they are occasionally shown seated on a throne with lions on either side. Rhea is accompanied by these two lions because they are her sacred creatures. She also has the chariot, tambourine, crown, and cornucopia as additional heavenly characteristics.

Her well-known representation of riding on a celestial chariot in the fourth century BC was drawn by two lions. In Greece, people put her logo on city gates. The greatest representation of her logo was two stone lions defending the gates of Mycenae. Greek sculptures also showed Rhea clutching a stone that was covered in a cloth that had been delivered to Cronus.