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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 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 a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, instead of the newborn Zeus, to Cronus. Red-figure ceramic vase c ...
Meanwhile, Rhea gave Cronus a huge stone wrapped in baby's clothes which he swallowed thinking that it was another of Rhea's children. [51] "Fall of the Titans". Oil on canvas by Jacob Jordaens, 1638. Zeus, now grown, forced Cronus (using some unspecified trickery of Gaia) to disgorge his other five children. [52]
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Pages in category "Children of Cronus" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chiron; D. Demeter;
Cronus goes on to have six children with his sister, Rhea; who become the Olympians. Cronus is later overthrown by his son, Zeus , much in the same way he overthrew his father. Gaia is the mother to the twelve Titans ; Oceanus , Coeus , Crius , Hyperion , Iapetus , Theia , Rhea , Themis , Mnemosyne , Phoebe , Tethys , and Cronus .
According to Hesiod, Rhea had six children with Cronus: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. [12] The philosopher Plato recounts that Rhea, Cronus, and Phorcys were the eldest children of Oceanus and Tethys. [13] According to the Orphic myths, Zeus wanted to marry his mother Rhea.
Hestia is a goddess of the first Olympian generation. She is the eldest daughter of the Titans Rhea and Cronus, and sister to Demeter, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, and Zeus. Immediately after their birth, starting with Hestia, Cronus swallowed each of them, but their mother deceived Cronus and helped Zeus escape.
In Greek mythology, Cronius (Ancient Greek: Κρόνιον Kronios means "of Cronus" [1]) was the son of the Rhodian nymph Himalia and Zeus. He was the brother of Spartaeus and Cytus. [2] When Cronius and his brothers were still young men, Aphrodite travelling from Cythera to Cyprus, dropped near Rhodes but was prevented by the sons of Poseidon ...