Cronos Cronus : Kronos, the youngest of the twelve gigantic primeval children of Ouranos & Gaea (Heaven & Earth). He ruled the world after overthrowing his father, until he in turn was vanquished by his own children, Zeus & the Olympian gods. The Romans identified him with Saturn, the god of agriculture. His reign was regarded as the Golden Age.
... Merops, king of Ethiopia. She was beloved of the Sun and bore to him Phaethon, who later tried to drive his father's chariot and nearly destroyed the earth. Cronion: Zeus (son of Cronos). Cronos or Cronus: Father of Zeus. The youngest of the twelve titans, children of Gaea, the Earth, and Uranus the Sky. Father of six Greek gods: Zeus. Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. He swallowed... spot on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in central Greece, the site of the most important temple of Apollo, where the Pythia delivered the inspired messages of the god. Demeter: Daughter of Cronos and Rhea, sister of Zeus, Demeter was an ancient goddess of agriculture and of the fruitful soil. Wheat and barley were sacred to Demeter and her daughter Persephone, with ears of corn... twelve titans. An earth goddess, like her mother, she gave birth to Hestia, Demeter and Hera. She also bore Hades, Poseidon and Zeus. Legend says that she saved Zeus, her last born from his father Cronos (who was in the habit of swallowing his children as soon as they were born) by presenting him with an enormous stone wrapped up in swaddling clothes which he swallowed instead. Satyrs: Sylvan ...
... Without fear and trembling, and now that flaming rage For the death of his friend is eating his heart, I'm afraid He will outstrip his fate by leveling the walls of the city." These words of Cronos' son Zeus awoke stubborn war, And the gods went down to join their differing favorites Hera and Pallas Athena went to the ships Of the Argives, and with them Poseidon and luck-bringing... Aeneas shall outlive The war, so that Dardanus' seed may not die and his line Disappear, since Zeus adored Dardanus more than he did Any other child he had by a mortal woman. For now Cronos' son has come to despise the house Of Priam, and surely the mighty Aeneas shall soon rule The Trojans, and after him the sons of his sons, Great princes yet to be born." Then h ...
... beauty — how she insulted Leto: All you have borne is two, but I have borne so many!' So, two as they were, they slaughtered all her children. Nine days they lay in their blood, no one to bury them — Cronus' son had turned the people into stone ... then on the tenth, the gods of heaven interred them. And Niobe, gaunt, worn to the bone with weeping, turned her thoughts to food. And now, somewhere, lost ...
... breathing? Art thou not rather, lord, some murderous And red imagination of this people, The shadow of a soul that dreamed of blood And took this dimness? If thou art Poseidon, The son of Cronos, I am Cronos' grandchild, Perseus, and in my soul Athene moves With lightnings. IOLAUS I hear the sound of dragging chains. Cireas returns with Tyrnaus and Smerdas. PERSEUS Smerdas and ...
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