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cronus
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from Greek Kronos, youngest of the first generation of Titans, and their leader; of uncertain origin, but probably not related to Khronos, personification of time.
Wikipedia
Cronus was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans in Greek mythology.
Cronus may also refer to:
- Cronus (Stargate), a character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
- Cronus Ampora, a character in the webcomic Homestuck
In Greek mythology, Cronus, or Kronos ( or from , krónos), was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus.
Cronus was usually depicted with a harpe, scythe or a sickle, which was the instrument he used to castrate and depose Uranus, his father. In Athens, on the twelfth day of the Attic month of Hekatombaion, a festival called Kronia was held in honour of Cronus to celebrate the harvest, suggesting that, as a result of his association with the virtuous Golden Age, Cronus continued to preside as a patron of harvest. Cronus was also identified in classical antiquity with the Roman deity Saturn.
Usage examples of "cronus".
And here is the Titan Rhea, presenting to her husband Cronus a swaddling cloth that holds a stone instead of the baby Zeus.
For thou, son of Cronus, our lord Poseidon, hast throned herein this pride, since in these roads first thou didst show forth the curb that cures the rage of steeds.
Interestingly Metis (the personage, not the attribute) provided young Zeus with the potion that caused Cronus to vomit up all of the baby gods he'd swallowed, setting the stage for the whole Titanomachia.