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Chronos (/ ˈ k r oʊ n ɒ s,-oʊ s /; Ancient Greek: Χρόνος, romanized: Khronos, lit. 'Time'; [kʰrónos] , Modern Greek: ['xronos] ), also spelled Chronus , is a personification of time in Greek mythology , who is also discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 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 a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, instead of the newborn Zeus, to Cronus. Red-figure ceramic vase ...
Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace.
Chronos and his child by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, National Museum in Warsaw, is a 17th-century depiction of Titan Cronus as "Father Time" wielding the harvesting scythe Father Time statue atop a grave at Mount Moriah Cemetery. Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time, a c.1545 painting by Agnolo Bronzino, National Gallery, London.
In genealogies given by Roman authors, he begets a large progeny of personifications upon Nox (the Roman equivalent of Nyx), while in an Orphic theogony, he is the offspring of Chronos (Time). The name "Erebus" is also used to refer either to the darkness of the Underworld , the Underworld itself, or the region through which souls pass to reach ...
Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya.The work is one of the 14 so-called Black Paintings that Goya painted directly on the walls of his house some time between 1820 and 1823. [1]
The semen (seeds) of Chronos which can probably be considered as a watery chaos was placed in the recesses and composed numerous other offspring of gods. [29] This is described in a fragment preserved in Damascius' On First Principles. In later Greek poetry, Chronos (also called Aiōn) appears as personification. [30]
In Orphic mythology, Ananke is a self-formed being who emerged at the dawn of creation with an incorporeal, serpentine form, her outstretched arms encompassing the cosmos. Ananke and Chronos are mates, mingling together in serpent form as a tie around the universe.