Crius

Crius
Member of the Titans
Ancient GreekΚρεῖος
Affiliationthe Titans
AbodeTartarus
BattlesTitanomachy
Genealogy
ParentsUranus and Gaia
Siblings
  • Briareos
  • Cottus
  • Gyges
Other siblings
Half-siblings
ConsortEurybia
OffspringAstraeus, Pallas, Perses

In Greek mythology, Crius (/ˈkraɪəs/; Ancient Greek: Κρεῖος[1] or Κριός, Kreios/Krios) was one of the Titans, children of Uranus and Gaia.[2]

  1. ^ Etymology uncertain: traditionally considered a variation of κρῑός "ram"; the word κρεῖος was also extant in Ancient Greek but only in the sense of "type of mussel" [1] Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine[2][permanent dead link‍].
  2. ^ Hesiod. Theogony, 133; Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Crius; Apollodorus, 1.1.3.