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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. Ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology Not to be confused with Chronos, the personification of time. For other uses, see Cronus (disambiguation). Cronus Leader of the Titans Rhea offers to Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, in place of the newborn Zeus. Red-figure ceramic vase, c ...
The motif of Zeus swallowing Metis can be seen as a continuation of the succession myth: it is prophesied that a son of Zeus will overthrow him, just as he overthrew his father, but whereas Cronos met his end because he did not swallow the real Zeus, Zeus holds onto his power because he successfully swallows the threat, in the form of the ...
Zethus had only one son, who died through a mistake of his mother Thebe, causing Zethus to kill himself. [7] In the Odyssey , however, Zethus's wife is called Aëdon , a daughter of Pandareus in book 19, who killed her son Itylus in a fit of madness and became a nightingale. [ 12 ]
Fictional character Kratos God of War character Kratos with the Leviathan Axe, as he primarily appears in the Norse era of the series First game God of War (2005) Created by David Jaffe Based on Fárbauti of Norse mythology (2018–present) Designed by Charlie Wen Voiced by Terrence C. Carson (2005 – 2013) Christopher Judge (2018 – pres.) Antony Del Rio (child, 2010) Motion capture Brandon ...
Achilles did not allow the burial of Patroclus's body until the ghost of Patroclus appeared and demanded his burial in order to pass into Hades. [21]: p. 474, book 23, lines 69–71 Patroclus was then cremated on a funeral pyre, which was covered in the hair of his sorrowful companions. As the cutting of hair was a sign of grief while also ...
Euthyphro has come to present charges of murder against his own father who, after arresting one of his workers for killing a slave from the family estate on Naxos Island, tied him and threw him in a ditch where he died of exposure to the elements (3e–4d) while Euthyphro's father waited to hear from the exegetes (cf. Laws 759d) about how to ...
Bellerophon felt that because of his victory over the Chimera, he deserved to fly to Mount Olympus, the home of the gods. This act angered Zeus and he sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus, causing Bellerophon to fall back to Earth and die. Pegasus completed the flight to Olympus, where Zeus used him as a pack horse for his thunderbolts. [46]
While Zeus was young and hiding in Crete from his father Cronus who had devoured all of Zeus's siblings, Aëtos became friends with the god and was the first one to swear fealty to him as new king. But years later, after Zeus had overthrown his father and become king in his place, Zeus's wife Hera turned Aëtos into an eagle, out of fear that ...