From the first generation of Titans, there was Uranos and Gaia. From Uranos came many other Titans, including the youngest, Cronos.
Cronos and Rhea
Uranus feared his children for his life, as he was told their fate was to overthrow and kill Uranus. Therefore, every child Uranus and Gaia had were to be thrown into the depths of Tartaros. Gaia had soon become weary of this, as she wanted to be able to see her children as well. She then formed a sickle to give to the Titans and told them to castrate Uranos and overthrow him. One Titan was brave and evil enough to accept the offer; Cronos. After the ambush, Cronos disposed of Uranos, stripped him of his powers, threw Oceanus and Tethys into Tartaros, and became King of Heaven.
Cronos then married Rhea, another of Uranos's daughters. Both Uranus and Gaia had predicted that Cronos's fate was to be overthrown by his children as well. As a result of the paranoia, every child Cronos had, he immediately devoured. He devoured five of this offspring, but as history retells itself, Rhea had become angry at Cronos for doing this; as she wanted to see her children. When the sixth child had been born, Zeus, Rhea wrapped a stone in a blanket instead of Zeus for Cronos to eat. She hid Zeus on Crete until he was old enough to fulfill his prophecy. Zeus then had used a poison given to him by Gaia that would force Uranos to disgorge the gods he had eaten.
For the next ten years, Zeus, his siblings, Cyclops, and others would fight in the Titanomachy in order to overthrow Cronos, and finally confine Cronos in the depths of Tartaros, stripped of his powers.
Connection to The Lightning Thief
Although Cronos never physically appears as a character, is he often brought up in conversation. In the beginning, Percy was discussing how the Titans were born at the museum with Charon. Nearing the end, Percy also hears Crono's voice in his head, plotting his revenge and plans to overthrow Zeus once again.
Works Cited
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax Books, 2005. Print.
Rouse, W.H.D. Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece. New York: New American Library, 1957. Print.
Cronos
From the first generation of Titans, there was Uranos and Gaia. From Uranos came many other Titans, including the youngest, Cronos.
Uranus feared his children for his life, as he was told their fate was to overthrow and kill Uranus. Therefore, every child Uranus and Gaia had were to be thrown into the depths of Tartaros. Gaia had soon become weary of this, as she wanted to be able to see her children as well. She then formed a sickle to give to the Titans and told them to castrate Uranos and overthrow him. One Titan was brave and evil enough to accept the offer; Cronos. After the ambush, Cronos disposed of Uranos, stripped him of his powers, threw Oceanus and Tethys into Tartaros, and became King of Heaven.
Cronos then married Rhea, another of Uranos's daughters. Both Uranus and Gaia had predicted that Cronos's fate was to be overthrown by his children as well. As a result of the paranoia, every child Cronos had, he immediately devoured. He devoured five of this offspring, but as history retells itself, Rhea had become angry at Cronos for doing this; as she wanted to see her children. When the sixth child had been born, Zeus, Rhea wrapped a stone in a blanket instead of Zeus for Cronos to eat. She hid Zeus on Crete until he was old enough to fulfill his prophecy. Zeus then had used a poison given to him by Gaia that would force Uranos to disgorge the gods he had eaten.
For the next ten years, Zeus, his siblings, Cyclops, and others would fight in the Titanomachy in order to overthrow Cronos, and finally confine Cronos in the depths of Tartaros, stripped of his powers.
Connection to The Lightning Thief
Although Cronos never physically appears as a character, is he often brought up in conversation. In the beginning, Percy was discussing how the Titans were born at the museum with Charon. Nearing the end, Percy also hears Crono's voice in his head, plotting his revenge and plans to overthrow Zeus once again.
Works Cited
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax Books, 2005. Print.
Rouse, W.H.D. Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece. New York: New American Library, 1957. Print.
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