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Greek Mythology:
CRONUS/KRONOS
Paola Arellanes Saucedo
Naydelin Martinez Magallanes
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Greek God: Cronus

In ancient Greek religion, male deity who was worshipped by the pre-Hellenic population of
Greece but probably was not widely worshipped by the Greeks themselves; he was later
identified with the Roman god Saturn. Cronus’s functions were connected with agriculture; in
Attica his festival, the Kronia, celebrated the harvest and resembled the Saturnalia. In art he
was depicted as an old man holding an implement, probably originally a sickle but interpreted
as a harpē, or curved sword.
Cronus Life
In Greek mythology Cronus was the son of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth), being the youngest of the 12 Titans. On
the advice of his mother he castrated his father with a harpē, thus separating Heaven from Earth. He now became the
king of the Titans, and took for his consort his sister Rhea; she bore by him Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon,
all of whom he swallowed because his own parents had warned that he would be overthrown by his own child. When
Zeus was born, however, Rhea hid him in Crete and tricked Cronus into swallowing a stone instead. Zeus grew up,
forced Cronus to disgorge his brothers and sisters, waged war on Cronus, and was victorious. After his defeat by Zeus,
Cronus became, according to different versions of his story, either a prisoner in Tartarus or king in Elysium. According
to one tradition, the period of Cronus’s rule was a golden age for mortals.
Why did Cronus eat his children?

He ate them because he heard a prophecy that they would

take his rule and rule themselves so he ate them. Rhea took
Zeus and gave Kronos a rock dressed in baby clothes instead.
Rhea gave him a mix of mustard and wine so he barfed up
his children. Since they were Immortal gods they were
growing inside his stomach. There was a war. The gods won.
Hades, Poseidon, Zeus, Demeter, Hera and Hestia were his
children. Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Hestia, Hera, Ares,
Hephaestus, Hermes, Poseidon, Athena, Aphrodite,
Dionysus, Apollo and Artemis are the Olympians, minus
Hades and Hestia, Hestia chose the hearth instead and
Hades spends most his time in the Underworld.
Research Sources
1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cronus
2. http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanKronos.html
3. https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Cronos-eat-his-
children

Cronus/Kronos THE GOD THAT ALL DEVORES.

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