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👤 Cronos

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  • Information
    Titan, father of Zeus
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44204
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/43318
    LIMC headword
    Kronos
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/QNfKmHGETUWg_QVbNznh=ge
    Gender
    Male
    Appearance and powers
    Can metamorphose othersHas power of prophecy
    Experiences
    Consumes human fleshInvolved in athletic competitionActs as lawgiverUndergoes metamorphosis
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Son of
    👤 Ouranos👤 Ge👤 Father of the Titans (name unknown)👤 Hestia
    Father of
    👤 Hestia Olympian goddess👤 Demeter Olympian goddess👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Hades Underworld god👤 Cheiron (centaur) centaur👥 the Corybantes group of worshippers of Cybele, often conflated with similarly-named groups👤 Picus Latin king👤 Isis Egyptian goddess👤 Osiris Egyptian god
    Husband of
    👤 Rhea
    Has children with
    👤 Rhea Titan👤 Philyra (Oceanid) mother of Cheiron
    Leader of
    👥 the Giants
    Belongs to
    👥 the Titans children of Ouranos and Ge👥 the Giants
    Eponym of
    🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) at Olympia
    Ruler of
    🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)🌍 Egypt🌍 the Land of the Atlantians🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 Italy🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)🌍 Crete (island)
    Divine patron of
    ⭐ Saturn (planet)
    Kills
    👤 Caucasos character in Ps-Plutarch's On Rivers
    Wounded by
    👤 Zeus (Olympian)🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos
    Dies at
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Killed by
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Athena Olympian goddess👥 the Olympian Gods👤 Dionysos (Libyan) son of Ammon and Amaltheia in Dionysios' rationalizing account
    Cult sites
    🏛️ the Temple of Cronos at Olympia🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) at Olympia🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens dedicated by Deucalion🌍 Erytheia (Iberia) island on Spain's Atlantic coast, at times connected to the mainland
    Weaponry
    🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos
    Related entities
    👤 Rhea🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Daidalos👤 Coios (Titan)👤 Creios👤 Dione (Titan)👤 Ge👤 Hyperion (Titan)👤 Iapetos👤 Mnemosyne👤 Oceanos (Titan)👤 Ouranos👤 Phoibe (Titan)👤 Tethys👤 Theia👤 Themis👥 the Titans🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos👥 the Erinyes🏺 the Genitals of Ouranos👤 Campe👥 the Cyclopes (thunderbolt-makers)👥 the Hundred-Handers🌍 Tartaros👤 Demeter👤 Hera👤 Hestia👤 Poseidon👤 Hades👤 Zeus (Olympian)🏺 the Stone of Cronos👤 Adrasteia👤 Amaltheia👥 the Couretes (guardians)👤 Ida🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete)🏺 the Milk of Amaltheia👤 Metis👤 Cheiron (centaur)👤 Philyra (Oceanid)🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable)👤 Aphrodite🌍 Cyprus (island)🌍 Mount Aigaion (Crete)👥 the Giants🌍 Erebos (Underworld)🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly)🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)🌍 Lyctos (Crete)🌍 Corcyra (island)🌍 Olympia (Elis)🌍 Mount Ithome (Messenia)🏛️ Spring Arne (Arcadia)👤 the Foal of Cronos🌍 Mount Thaumasion (Arcadia)🏛️ the Cave of Rhea (Mt Thaumasion)👤 Eileithyia🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia)👤 Sosipolis🌍 Drepanon (Achaia)🌍 Petrachos (Boiotia)👤 Hopladamos🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens🏺 the Aegis👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer)👥 the Olympian Gods⭐ Saturn (planet)🌍 Mount Ida (Crete)🌍 Crete (island)👤 Rhadamanthys👤 Heracles🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)👤 Caucasos🌍 Egypt👤 Atlas🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 Italy🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)👤 Ammon (god)👤 Athena👥 the Amazons🌍 Nysa (Libya)👤 Dionysos (Libyan)🏛️ the Cave of Zeus (Crete)👥 the Mothers👤 Father of the Titans (name unknown)👥 the Dictaian Nymphs of Mount Ida (Cretan)🌍 the Land of the Atlantians🏛️ the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon (N. Africa)🌍 Tartessos (Spain)🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean)👥 the Corybantes🌍 Erytheia (Iberia)🌍 Thessaly👤 Astraia🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly)🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus👤 Calchas👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Aulis (Boiotia)👤 the Snake of Aulis🏛️ the Golden Stele of Zeus (Panchaia)👤 Titan (s. of Ouranos)👤 Ariadne👤 Priapos👤 Picus👤 Isis👤 Osiris🌍 Iberia (W. Europe)🏛️ the Temple of Cronos at Olympia🏛️ the Tower of Cronos (Isles of the Blessed)
    Mentioned by
    ⚒️ Lindian Chronicle (Nationalmuseet 7125; Trismegistos 817951; PHI 190693)📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.1-1.1.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.4📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5-1.2.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6-1.1.7📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.4📖 Homer, Iliad 1.396-1.406📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 29-50📖 Homer, Iliad 4.50-4.67📖 Hesiod, Theogony 126-138📖 Hesiod, Theogony 154-206📖 Hesiod, Theogony 173-206📖 Hesiod, Theogony 134-210📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491📖 Hesiod, Theogony 617-653📖 Hesiod, Works & Days 156-169d📖 Hesiod, Works & Days 42-89📖 Homer, Iliad 8.469-8.483📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 1287-1290📖 Homer, Iliad 15.184-15.199📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 757-773📖 Pausanias 9.2.7📖 Pausanias 8.2.1-8.2.7📖 Pausanias 4.33.1📖 Pausanias 8.8.2-8.8.4📖 Pausanias 8.36.3📖 Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10📖 Pausanias 6.20.1-6.20.6📖 Pausanias 7.23.4📖 Pausanias 9.41.6📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.44-1.62📖 Pausanias 8.36.2-8.36.3📖 Pausanias 9.39.4📖 Pausanias 1.18.7📖 Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 10-21📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 1-32📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 300-355📖 Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes 1-16📖 Homeric Hymn 33 to the Dioscouroi 1-15📖 Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene 1-20📖 Homeric Hymn 29 to Hestia 1-11📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 21-32📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 33-44📖 Homeric Hymn 15 to Heracles 1-9📖 Homeric Hymn 17 to the Dioscouroi 1-5📖 Homeric Hymn 18 to Hermes 1-12📖 Homeric Hymn 23 to Zeus 1-4📖 Alcmaionid fr. 7 Davies📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 27-56📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 22 Most📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 301-324📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 441-469📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 90 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 140 Most📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 152-195📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 196-240📖 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 907-936📖 Hesiod fr. 294 Most📖 Eumelos, Titanomachy fr. 6 West📖 Eumelos, Titanomachy fr. 12 West📖 Cypria fr. 10 West📖 Bacchylides, Odes 5📖 Bacchylides, Odes 7📖 Bacchylides, Odes 10📖 Bacchylides, Odes 11📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 17📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 18📖 Exerpta Vaticana 19📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 12.1-2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Astrology 21📖 Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 7-8📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 5📖 Lucian, On Funerals 2📖 Lucian, Zeus Catechized 8📖 Lucian, Icaromenippus 33📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 42-54📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 55-69📖 Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock 13📖 Lucian, Timon, or the Misanthrope 6📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 2📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 43 Harder📖 Lucian, The Dance 8📖 Lucian, The Dance 37📖 Lucian, The Dance 80📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 5-6📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 10📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 12📖 Pausanias 6.20.1📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 1-22📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83📖 Pindar, Olympian 6 22-71📖 Pindar, Olympian 7 54-76📖 Pindar, Olympian 8 25-52📖 Lucian, Gout 86-111📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 14📖 Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 11📖 Pindar, Olympian 10 24-59📖 Pindar, Pythian 1 58-80📖 Pindar, Pythian 2 21-48📖 Pindar, Pythian 3 1-46📖 Pindar, Pythian 3 47-67📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 1-63📖 Pindar, Pythian 4 101-123📖 Pindar, Pythian 6 19-42📖 Corinna fr. 654 col. i PMG📖 Pindar, Nemean 1 1-18📖 Pindar, Nemean 3 43-63📖 Pindar, Nemean 4 9-32📖 Pindar, Nemean 6 47-69📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 5📖 Pindar, Nemean 9 6-27📖 Pindar, Nemean 10 55-90📖 Pindar, Isthmian 1 52-68📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 19📖 Pindar, Isthmian 2 12-32📖 Pindar, Isthmian 8 16-48📖 Pindar fr. 52f Snell-Maehler📖 Pindar fr. 52p Snell-Maehler📖 Diodoros, Library 1.13.1-1.14.4📖 Diodoros, Library 2.30.1-2.30.5📖 Diodoros, Library 3.60.1-3.60.5📖 Diodoros, Library 3.61.1-3.61.6📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609📖 Diodoros, Library 3.68.1-3.68.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.71.1-3.71.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6📖 Diodoros, Library 3.73.1-3.73.8📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 138 Most📖 Pindar fr. 155 Snell-Maehler📖 Diodoros, Library 4.80.1-4.80.6📖 Diodoros, Library 5.65.1-5.65.4📖 Diodoros, Library 5.66.1-5.66.6📖 Diodoros, Library 5.68.1-5.68.3📖 Diodoros, Library 5.70.1-5.70.6📖 Pindar fr. 52i(A) Snell-Maehler📖 Ovid, Ibis 273-274📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 8.479📖 Ovid, Ibis 405-406📖 Strabo 8.4.10📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 14.1-2 MacLeod📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.113-1.176📖 Lucian, The Dance 47📖 Strabo 10.3.11📖 Strabo 10.3.19-10.3.20📖 Strabo 3.5.3📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.93📖 Vergil, Eclogues 4📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1189-1213📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 19.113📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.532-2.542📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 7📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 20-43📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 202-228📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.385-5.437📖 Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking 8📖 Lucian, Zeus Rants 1📖 Lucian, Prometheus 1-4📖 Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia fr. 60g Harder📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 131 Harder📖 Callimachus, Iambi 2 = fr. 192-192a Pfeiffer📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10📖 Diodoros, Library 6.4.1📖 Diodoros, Library 8.29.1📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 36📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.450-9.665📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.308-14.357📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.832-15.879📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 160-183📖 Euripides, Hecuba 432-483📖 Diodoros, Library 1.27.1-1.27.6📖 Diodoros, Library 1.97.1-1.97.9📖 Servius, Scholia on Georgics 1.12📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.196📖 Pliny, Natural History 3.8📖 Euripides, Bacchae 64-169📖 Pliny, Natural History 15.7.3📖 Ovid, Heroides 4
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadDionysios, PeriegesisHesiod, TheogonyHesiod, Works & DaysEuripides, Trojan WomenLycophron, AlexandraPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes Homeric Hymn 33 to the Dioscouroi Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene Homeric Hymn 29 to Hestia Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Homeric Hymn 15 to Heracles Homeric Hymn 17 to the Dioscouroi Homeric Hymn 18 to Hermes Homeric Hymn 23 to Zeus AlcmaionidHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, EhoiaiAeschylus, Prometheus BoundHesiodEumelos, Titanomachy CypriaBacchylides, OdesBacchylides, Dithyrambs Exerpta VaticanaLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, AstrologyLucian, Judgement of the GoddessesLucian, On SacrificesLucian, On FuneralsLucian, Zeus CatechizedLucian, IcaromenippusCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusLucian, The Dream, or the CockLucian, Timon, or the MisanthropeLucian, The Lover of LiesCallimachus, AetiaLucian, The DanceLucian, SaturnaliaPindar, Olympian 2Pindar, Olympian 6Pindar, Olympian 7Pindar, Olympian 8Lucian, GoutPs-Lucian, The PatriotPs-Lucian, CharidemosPindar, Olympian 10Pindar, Pythian 1Pindar, Pythian 2Pindar, Pythian 3Pindar, Pythian 4Pindar, Pythian 6CorinnaPindar, Nemean 1Pindar, Nemean 3Pindar, Nemean 4Pindar, Nemean 6Ps-Plutarch, On RiversPindar, Nemean 9Pindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Isthmian 1Pindar, Isthmian 2Pindar, Isthmian 8PindarDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadOvid, IbisStraboOvid, MetamorphosesServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, EcloguesVergil, GeorgicsLucian, A Professor of Public SpeakingLucian, Zeus RantsLucian, PrometheusScholia on Callimachus, AetiaCallimachus, IambiAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesAeschylus, AgamemnonEuripides, HecubaPliny, Natural HistoryEuripides, BacchaeOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 1.493-1.530📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491📖 Homer, Iliad 18.117-18.119📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 7 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 11 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 13 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 8 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 12 Rusten📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 164 Lightfoot📖 Aratos, Phenomena 19-44📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 57 Lightfoot📖 Tyrtaios fr. 8 West📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94📖 Hesiod, Theogony 383-403📖 Callimachus, Aetia 54b Harder📖 Euhemerus test. 36 Winiarczyk📖 Euhemerus test. 49 Winiarczyk📖 Euhemerus test. 53 Winiarczyk📖 Euhemerus test. 60 Winiarczyk📖 Pherecydes of Syros D12📖 Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42⚒️ Hymns to Isis and Osiris at Nysa (Not Extant)
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Colombarium of the Caecilii, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10787-8)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Poeta Tragico VI 8, 3.5, Pompeii (MANN 9105, 9108, 9559; PALP r6-i8-p5-space-3)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Dioscuri VI 9, 6.7, Pompeii (MANN 8837; PALP r6-i9-p6-space-37)🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Daidalos🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statue of Rhea and Cronos in the Temple of Hera, Plataia (LIMC Kronos 34)🎨 Statues of Cronos, Hera and Zeus at Lebadeia (Not Extant)🎨 Statue of Saturn at Rome (Not Extant)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese)🌍 Arcadia🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia)🌍 Egypt🌍 the Land of the Atlantians🌍 Libya (North Africa)
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