CRONUS
Kronos (Κρόνος) · Roman Saturn
titankingship of the Titans · the harvest · time (by later conflation)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos was the leader and youngest of the Titans, the children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age until he was overthrown by his son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus. According to Plato, however, Cronus, along with the deities Phorcys and Rhea, were the eldest children of Oceanus and Tethys.
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AT A GLANCE
Greek nameKronos (Κρόνος)
Roman nameSaturn
Typetitan
Domainskingship of the Titans · the harvest · time (by later conflation)
EpithetsAnkylometes
ParentageUranus · Gaia
Symbolsharpe (sickle) · grain
Cult centersOlympia (Kronion hill) · Athens (the Kronia festival)
EtymologyPre-Greek; the ancients punned him with Chronos, "Time" — a confusion that stuck for good.
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