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Cronus was the leader of the Titans, the divine descendants of Gaia and Uranus, who overthrew his father and ruled during the Golden Age. He was also the personification of time, associated with a sickle, and the father of Zeus, who deposed him and imprisoned him in Tartarus.
Chronos is a deity of time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature, often confused with the Titan Cronus. He is depicted as an old man with a scythe, and is related to the Orphic tradition and the zodiac wheel.
Kairos is one of two words for 'time' in ancient Greek, contrasting with chronos (sequential time). It means a good or proper time for action, based on timing, context, and audience. Learn about its origins, applications, and examples in rhetoric, theology, and science.
Hecatoncheires, also called Hundred-Handers, were three monstrous giants with fifty heads and one hundred arms, sons of Uranus and Gaia. They helped Zeus overthrow the Titans in the Titanomachy and became their guards in Tartarus.
Olympia is a small town in the Peloponnese peninsula, famous for the archaeological site of the same name, where the ancient Olympic Games were held every four years. The site was a major Panhellenic religious sanctuary of ancient Greece, dedicated to Zeus, and featured over 70 buildings, ruins, and artifacts.
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos The Void
A painting by Francisco Goya depicting the myth of the Titan Saturn eating his children. Learn about the background, composition, interpretations and controversies of this dark and haunting work from the Black Paintings series.
Saturn was a Roman god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. He was identified with the Greek Titan Cronus, who ruled during the Golden Age of mythology.