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    Cronus: The Titan King

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    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

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    creation and Kronos took his sister, Rhea, as his queen and wife. The titans ruled during a time called the Golden Age for mortals. When Rhea started to have children, Kronos became uneasy because he remembered a prophecy Uranus had made during their battle. He warned Kronos that one day one of his sons would defeat him, just as he had defeated Uranus. When Rhea presented her first baby to Kronos, he suddenly opened his mouth and swallowed the baby whole. Rhea was horrified, but she could do nothing

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    him. He also killed Numitor’s sons. There was still Rhea Silva, the daughter, who was not a threat to him, but if she had babies, then Amulius would be in trouble. So Amulius ordered Rhea Silva to go to the temple of Mars, so she would not have babies. But later on, Mars sneaks in and gives Rhea Silva twin boys, and named them Romulus and Remus. It did not take long for Amulius to figure out. So Amulius ordered the babies to be drowned and Rhea Silva to be thrown in prison. The servants snuck in

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    prosperity of his rule was also significant. His wife, who was also his sister Rhea. What happens to his children and his wife Rhea. The war he fought for so long and so viciously. All of his faults and his weaknesses. And finally, all of his impressive achievements. Gaea, Mother Earth and Uranus, Father Sky who sleeps with Gaea at night, had their first set of children, the three Cyclops and three

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    father Cronus. Cronus led the titans and become the youngest of the first generation of the titans. Cronus overthrew his father and become the leader during the Golden Age. Then, Zeus’s mother Rhea, which came from the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus. Cronus descended from the same line of family. Rhea is considered as “mother of gods. Zeus being the youngest of all siblings become the one with the most weight on their shoulders having to perform like all of his other siblings. He fathered

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    Cronus Thesis

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    time, at the time it was described as a destructive, all devouring force. After Cronus had killed his father he was informed that he would be overthrown by one of his six children, so to prevent that, Cronus ate five of his children while his women Rhea was still pregnant with Zeus. Cronus is just a very rare name for boys, the name is latin and the meaning of the word or

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    Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea, Themis, and Cronus was the youngest of them all. As for why his name is Cronus, no one really knows. Some think maybe it comes from the root word “ker” meaning to cut. But that comes into play later in the story on why that has significance. As Cronus grew older he overthrew his father for the crown. We don’t know exactly how he did this, but we do know that he became king over his father. He married his sister ,Rhea, and they had six children together:

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    Cronus Legacy

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    castrated his father and was then prophesied by both of his parents to be overthrown by his own children. He was one of six twins born to his mother Gaia and his father Uranus. The six twins were known as the Titans. After Cronus and his sister Rhea were born, his mother had three more children. They were born with fifty heads and over one hundred arms and Uranus forced Gaia to put them back in her womb. Uranus is referred to as a man who was both a terrible husband and a cruel father. Gaia

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    Introduced as a primordial god, Gaia has a great power of creation and is an ancestor to all the gods and goddesses in the Greek pantheon. To some Gaia may seem weaker than the rest of the gods and goddesses, although Gaia is as powerful and intelligent as the rest. Gaia is the earth itself and without her there would not be any land, mountains, rivers and oceans. All of the creation in the world come from her. Gaia only seems weak as a result of the way Ouranos controls her and does not let her

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    Zeus Personality

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    god of the sky and thunder. He had many powers but the most significant was the power to wield lightning bolts. He could hurl lightning bolts at people who defied him or other gods who he was displeased with. He was the youngest child of Cronus and Rhea and was planned to get eaten by Cronus like all of his brothers and sisters before him, but he was hidden from Cronus at Mount Dicte. He then went on to overthrow Cronus and control the gods. He had twenty-four children and some of them were powerful

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