| Cronus | |
|---|---|
Leader of the Titans | |
 Rhea offers the stone to Cronus, red-figure ceramic vase c. 460-450 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
| Ancient Greek | Κρόνος |
| Predecessor | Uranus |
| Successor | Zeus |
| Abode |
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| Planet | Saturn |
| Battles | Titanomachy |
| Symbol | Grain, sickle, scythe |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Uranus and Gaia |
| Siblings |
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| Consort | Rhea |
| Offspring | Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, Zeus, Chiron |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman | Saturn |
| Egyptian | Geb |
| Mesopotamian | Ninurta,[1] Enlil[2] |
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (/ˈkroʊnəs/ or /ˈkroʊnɒs/, from Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age until he was overthrown by his son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus. According to Plato, however, the deities Phorcys, Cronus, and Rhea were the eldest children of Oceanus and Tethys.[3]
Cronus was usually depicted with a harpe, scythe, or 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 the harvest. Cronus was also identified in classical antiquity with the Roman deity Saturn.
- ^ Iroku, Osita N. (2001). A Day in the Life of God (Paperback bw 5th Ed). Lulu.com. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-615-24194-4.
In his capacity as a farmer-god, the Greeks equated Ninurta with their harvest-god Kronos, whom the Romans in turn identified with their fertility-god Saturn.
- ^ M.L. West, Hesiod Theogony (1966:18-31).[page needed]
- ^ Plato (1925) [c. 360 BC]. Timaeus. Translated by Lamb, W.R.M. Cambridge, MA; London, UK: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 40e – via Perseus, Tufts University.
See also Wikipedia article: Timaeus.