Cronus was one of the most feared and respected deities of the Greek culture. Cronus was also the youngest of the first-generation of Titans. His power was controlling time. Cronus believed he held the answer to everything. He was cynical, arrogant, not that wise, and very prideful. However, he also had some helpful strengths. Cronus was intellectual, and powerful. He commanded respect, and had control over time. His arrogance and pride were probably his downfall. Cronus would never back down from a challenge. (<http://halexandria.org/dward377.htm>)
Cronus’s parents were Gaea, the Earth goddess, and Uranus, the Sky God. Cronus had eleven Titan siblings. His sisters were Rhea(Future Queen of the Titans), Tethys(wife/sister of Oceanus, produced rivers and ocean nymphs), Mnemosyne(Titan of memory, mother of the Muses), Crius(no details given), Phoebe(Titan of the Moon, mother of Leto), and Thea(no details given). And his brothers were Oceanus(the unending stream of water encircling the world), Hyperion(Titan of Light), Themis(Titan of Justice and Order), Iapetus(father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas by Clymene), and Coeus(Titan of Intelligence). (“The Titans of the Golden Age”) Uranus and Gaea did not just have the Titans as children. Uranus thought they were ugly and undesirable. The undesirable siblings were the Hecatoncheires(100-handers) and the Cyclops(a monster with one eye, amazing crafters in the forges). He thought they would disrupt
However when Zeus was born Rhea took a stone and wrapped it in clothe and Kronos swallowed it. Zeus grew up away from his father and when he grew up he wanted revenge on his father. Zeus was victorious in the battle against the Titans, the Titanomachy. Metis, the daughter of the Titan Okeanos, “Oceans”, made and served Kronos a drink to make him throw up Zeus’ brothers and sisters, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia, they joined forces with Zeus.
The story of Cronos, king of the Titans, was that he had four children with his wife Rhea. These Children are Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, and Hades, all of whom he swallowed because his parents had warned that he would be overthrown by his child. When Zeus was born, Rhea hid him in Crete and tricked Cronos into swallowing a stone instead. Zeus grew up with nymphs and a goat named Amalthae. When Zeus heard what had happened to his siblings he gave Cronos poison, which forced Cronos to throw-up his brothers and sisters. A war was then fought between the two groups, and the Olympians won, and ruled over the
Uranus- He is a early Immortal who was the sky and heavens and mostly considered the ruler of the universe. He had mated with Gaia to spawn the titans. Later when his son Chronos other throws him and cuts him, his blood foams in the water and birthed Aphrodite. He is accredited for the beginning of the Universe.
Atlas was one of the strongest, and most respected titan of them all. Close friend and a follower of Cronus. He would partake in the danger provoked by Cronus’s son Zeus. Atlas is the son of Iapetus. A brother to Prometheus, and Epimetheus. Atlas leading a battle against Zeus. Unfortunately even though Atlas was one of the strongest Titan, he had a punishment that no individual could bear. (Atlas Mythology)
She tricked Cronus to eat a magic herb. Cronus threw up the stone and the children. Zeus other siblings are, the boys or the gods are Hades and Poseidon. Zeus’ sisters or the goddess’ are Hestia.Demeter,and Hera. After that Cronus surrendered and fled. The Titans and and sons revolted. The titans were Prometheus and Epimetheus. Zeus also freed Gaea’s sons from Tartarus. The cyclops made weapons. Zeus had his lightning bolts. Poseidon has his trident. Hades has his cape of invisibility. The Titans lost, they were sent to Tartarus and they are guarded by a monster. Atlas the strongest titan holde the sky up forever. Gaea is angry. Typhor dies, Echidna and gos fled. Zeus turned and threw lightning bolts. The Cyclops built a palace. Which is later name Mt.
Zeus was the child of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea, and was the youngest of all his siblings. Cronus , Zeus’ father, had been warned that one of his children would overthrow him. Cronus knew the consequences, for he had overthrown his father, Uranus. To prevent this from
Zeus’ affinity for being the main character of a myth is no different in the epic myth about his fight against Cronus and the Titans or the “Titanomachy.” In this larger-than-life battle Zeus has to overthrow his father Cronus and take his predestined place as king of the gods. In this myth however, Zeus has to grow and overcome many challenges that stand in his way to greatness. Zeus has to ask for help from his mother in order to be able to free his sibling from his father Cronus who had swallowed them whole. After Zeus frees his siblings he has to face the mighty Titans, so he asks the Cyclops and the Hecatonchires to aid him in this battle that lasts
As we know, Zeus is the king of gods and all listened to him. The chain of command was Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Atriums, Ares; the list goes on. But this is kind of odd because Zeus was the last born son of Cronus. He was born with no right to be king. So in a way Zeus’s life is mythology’s success
Another trait Ares should be the god of, but isn’t, is mischief. Ares is a very well-known trouble maker among the Olympians. He would constantly hook-up with Aphrodite, get in trouble for murdering people, and constantly try to defy Zeus. Perhaps Ares’ most famous of all his love affairs was that with Aphrodite. Ares was madly in love with her for a very long time, and had even bore him four sons and a daughter. However, Aphrodite was married to the smith of the gods, Hephaestus. Tipped off about his wife’s affair, he created invisible bonds and bound the two lovers in the bed while in the act. After doing so he invited the rest of the Olympians over to take a look at this spectacle, and publicly humiliate them. In Ancient Greek times adultery is one of the worst things anyone could be caught doing, so this is a serious offense on Ares’s part. Another thing Ares has been caught and got in trouble for is murdering people. Over the years he has murdered people out of jealousy, revenge, and just plain lust for blood. An example of Ares murdering out of jealousy is the story of Adonis. In the story Adonis has caught Aphrodite’s attention. With Ares’ extreme love for her, he went into a jealous rage and transformed himself into a boar and killed
Born of Uranus (Heave) and Gaea (Earth), Cronus was the youngest of the twelve Titans. His mother, Gaea, grew tired of having to birth so many children by Uranus’ love,
There was king Cronus and queen Rhea of titans, the king heard a prophecy that he will be over ruled by his kids. There was king Cronus and queen Rhea of titans,the king heard a prophecy that he will be over ruled by his kids.
However, Uranus was afraid that Cronus might overpower him and one day obtain all his power. Knowing this Uranus purposely tried to kill Cronus in multiply occasions, but Gaea would always protect him. One day Gaea and Cronus made a plan to have Cronus challenge Uranus and take over his power. So it happened, Cronnus challenged his father and was victorious during their battle and Uranus was left to rot (Bernard 1) "Now Cronus had become king of gods by killing his father Uranus” (Bernard 3). In both Greek and Roman Mythology, the relationship between parents and children are distorted, strained, and bizarrely transformed, because of their greediness for power and obsessiveness to be better than the other.
Once Zeus was fully grown he returned to his father’s realm and with the help of his mother, hoodwinked Cronus to drink an emetic that made him disgorge his children (Leadbetter). It was these children: Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera and Demeter who helped Zeus wage the Titan war against Cronus. The women titans refused to help Cronus defeat the Olympians and even a few male titans helped aid the Olympians. After ten years of battles, the Olympians were able to banish the Titans into the Underworld (Titanomachy). It was after this war that Zeus seized the throne and divided the sky, the underworld, and the sea amongst him and his brothers. (Hades: the underworld, Poseidon: the sea, and Zeus: the sky.)
Cronus was a titan and controlled the world along with the other titans when Zeus was born. Cronus usually swallowed his children after they were born, but Rhea took Zeus to Mount Dicte where he was hidden from Cronus. He then came back to Cronus when he was older and made Cronus regurgitate his brothers and sisters. His brothers were Hades and Poseidon and his sisters were Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. He ended up marrying Hera and had eight children with her. He was infamous for his affairs with other women while married to Hera. He had many children and some of importance were Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus Hercules, Perseus the Muses, the Graces, and Helen of Troy were only a few of his children. He had many children that were gods and he had a few that were heros as
Gaia and Uranus married and gave birth to the Titans, a race of formidable giants, which included a particularly wily giant named Cronus.