- Information
- Titan, father of Zeus
- LIMC headword
- Kronos
- Son of
- 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hestia 👤 Ouranos
- Father of
- 👤 Cheiron (centaur) 👥 the Corybantes 👤 Demeter 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Poseidon 👤 Hades 👤 Zeus 👤 Picus
- Husband of
- 👤 Rhea
- Has children with
- 👤 Rhea 👤 Philyra (Oceanid)
- Leader of
- 👥 the Giants 👥 the Titans
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Giants 👥 the Titans
- Eponym of
- 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)
- Divine patron of
- ⭐ Saturn (planet)
- Kills
- 👤 Caucasos
- Wounded by
- 🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos 👤 Zeus
- Cult sites
- 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens 🏛️ the Temple of Cronos at Olympia 🌍 Erytheia (Iberia)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos
- Related Entities
- 👤 Adrasteia 👤 Amaltheia 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Ariadne 👤 Calchas 👤 Campe 👤 Cheiron (centaur) 👤 Coios (Titan) 👥 the Corybantes 👥 the Couretes (guardians) 👤 Creios 👥 the Cyclopes (thunderbolt-makers) 👤 Demeter 👤 Dione (Titan) 👤 Eileithyia 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Hyperion (Titan) 👤 Iapetos 👤 Ida 👤 Mnemosyne 🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete) 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Ouranos 👤 Phoibe (Titan) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Hades 👤 Rhea 👤 Tethys 🏺 the Genitals of Ouranos 🏺 the Milk of Amaltheia 🏺 the Adamantine Sickle of Cronos 🏺 the Stone of Cronos 👤 Theia 👤 Themis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Giants 👤 Heracles 🌍 Crete (island) 👥 the Hundred-Handers 👤 Philyra (Oceanid) 👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer) 👤 Metis 👤 Rhadamanthys 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 🌍 Tartaros 👤 Thyestes (Mycenaean) 👥 the Titans 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Cyprus (island) 🌍 Aulis (Boiotia) 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Tartessos (Spain) 🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos) 🌍 Corcyra (island) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🏺 the Aegis 🌍 Lyctos (Crete) 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) 🌍 Mount Aigaion (Crete) 🌍 Mount Othrys (Thessaly) 👥 the Olympian Gods 🌍 Erebos (Underworld) 👤 Hopladamos 🌍 Mount Ithome (Messenia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus at Athens 🏛️ Spring Arne (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Thaumasion (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Cave of Rhea (Mt Thaumasion) 🏛️ the Temple of Cronos at Olympia 🌍 Mount Ida (Crete) 👤 Sosipolis 👤 Priapos 🌍 Drepanon (Achaia) 🌍 Petrachos (Boiotia) ⭐ Saturn (planet) 🏛️ the Tower of Cronos (Isles of the Blessed) 🏛️ the Cave of Zeus (Crete) 👤 Caucasos 🌍 Erytheia (Iberia) 🏛️ the Golden Stele of Zeus (Panchaia) 👤 Astraia 👤 Picus 👤 Titan (s. of Ouranos)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.4 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 20-43 📖 Hesiod, Works & Days 42-89 📖 Hesiod, Works & Days 156-169d 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 202-228 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 757-771 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1189-1213 📖 Pausanias 9.2.7 📖 Pausanias 4.33.1 📖 Pausanias 8.36.3 📖 Pausanias 9.39.4 📖 Pausanias 9.41.6 📖 Pausanias 1.18.7 📖 Pausanias 6.20.1 📖 Pausanias 7.23.4 📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.44-1.62 📖 Homeric Hymn 1 to Dionysos 10-21 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 1-32 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 441-469 📖 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 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 1287-1290 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 22 Most 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.396-1.406 📖 Homer, Iliad 4.50-4.67 📖 Homer, Iliad 8.469-8.483 📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210 📖 Homer, Iliad 15.184-15.199 📖 Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 301-324 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 29-50 📖 Pausanias 8.2.1-8.2.7 📖 Pausanias 8.8.2-8.8.4 📖 Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10 📖 Pausanias 6.20.1-6.20.6 📖 Pausanias 8.36.2-8.36.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.1-1.1.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.5-1.2.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6-1.1.7 📖 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, Ehoiai fr. 90 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 138 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 📖 Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 19 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 12.1-2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 14.1-2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Astrology 21 📖 Lucian, Prometheus 1-4 📖 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 47 📖 Lucian, The Dance 80 📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 5-6 📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 7 📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 10 📖 Lucian, Saturnalia 12 📖 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. 52i(A) Snell-Maehler 📖 Pindar fr. 52p Snell-Maehler 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.609 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157 📖 Pindar fr. 155 Snell-Maehler 📖 Ovid, Ibis 273-274 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 8.479 📖 Ovid, Ibis 405-406 📖 Strabo 8.4.10 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.113-1.124 📖 Strabo 10.3.11 📖 Strabo 10.3.19-10.3.20 📖 Strabo 3.5.3 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 4 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.385-5.437 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 19.113 📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.532-2.542 📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.72-3.94 📖 Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking 8 📖 Lucian, Zeus Rants 1 📖 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 14.308-14.357 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.832-15.879 📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 160-183 📖 Euripides, Hecuba 432-483 ⚒️ Lindian Chronicle (Nationalmuseet 7125; Trismegistos 817951; PHI 190693)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Alcmaionid Homer, Iliad Dionysios, Periegesis Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Cypria Hesiod, Works & Days Euripides, Trojan Women Pindar, Olympian 6 Pausanias Pindar Hesiod Corinna 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 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Eumelos, Titanomachy Bacchylides, Odes Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Lucian, Astrology Lucian, Prometheus Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses Lucian, On Sacrifices Lucian, On Funerals Lucian, Zeus Catechized Lucian, Zeus Rants Lucian, Icaromenippus Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock Lucian, Timon, or the Misanthrope Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking Lucian, The Dance Lucian, Saturnalia Pindar, Olympian 2 Pindar, Olympian 7 Pindar, Olympian 8 Lucian, Gout Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Ps-Lucian, Charidemos Pindar, Olympian 10 Pindar, Pythian 1 Pindar, Pythian 2 Pindar, Pythian 3 Pindar, Pythian 4 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs Pindar, Pythian 6 Pindar, Nemean 1 Pindar, Nemean 3 Pindar, Nemean 4 Pindar, Nemean 6 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Pindar, Nemean 9 Pindar, Nemean 10 Pindar, Isthmian 1 Pindar, Isthmian 2 Pindar, Isthmian 8 Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Aeschylus, Agamemnon Vergil, Eclogues Vergil, Georgics Euripides, Hecuba Callimachus, Iambi
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.493-1.530 📖 Homer, Iliad 14.197-14.210 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 383-403 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 453-491 📖 Callimachus, Aetia 54b Harder 📖 Homer, Iliad 18.117-18.119 📖 Tyrtaios fr. 8 West 📖 Euphorion fr. 164 Lightfoot 📖 Euphorion fr. 57 Lightfoot 📖 Euhemerus test. 36 Winiarczyk 📖 Euhemerus test. 49 Winiarczyk 📖 Euhemerus test. 53 Winiarczyk 📖 Euhemerus test. 60 Winiarczyk 📖 Pherecydes of Syros D12
- Depictions
- 🎨 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) 🎨 Wall paintings from Colombarium of the Caecilii, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10787-8)
- Reported depictions
- 🏺 the Mixing Bowl of Daidalos 🌍 Lebadeia (Boiotia) 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 🎨 Statue of Rhea and Cronos in the Temple of Hera, Plataia (LIMC Kronos 34)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) 🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia)