Chronos


 * Chronos **


 * By: Johnson **

Ssssssssssssssslllllllllkkkkkkkk! Zeus and his brothers castrate their father and send his soul to Tartarus. In Greek Mythology the earth was created by Gaia and Ouranos many question pop up when you know the general story. This paper will have some of the questions that get in my head and the answers for them. Chronos was one of the original titans and was the leader of all of them before Zeus overthrew him and the rest of the Titans and threw all of their souls in the underworld (Grays).

The Parents of Chronos were called Ouranos and Gaea. Gaea was actually the being that made Ouranos and made him the first ruler of the universe and with Gaea made Chronos. Gaea was made from chaos which was not a being but just the mass or empty space that Gaea was made out of. Ouranos also called Uranus was the father of the titans, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheries or the hundred handed ones. Ouranos was scared that the Titans would rebel against him so he trapped them in Gaea’s earth womb. Chronos was the last one born until the rebellion and castrated his father to free the other Titans( Ouranos - Greek Mythology - Ancinet-Mythology.com). Chronos who was the youngest of the titans and did not get trapped by his father Ouranos so he killed his father and freed his siblings. Chronos could not have done it without the help of the his mother Gaea who is the first being ever. Gaea was enraged by the pain of all the titans that Ouranos had trapped in her earth womb and helped Chronos kill Ouranos. Since he was the one who freed his sibling Chronos became the king of the Titans and the ruler of the Universe. Knowing that the same thing would happen to him later on, he took precautions that would lengthen his reign until he falls from power( such as eating all his offspring or trapping them in his wife’s womb)(Literature and Art).

Chronos was thrown in Tartarus and imprisoned there after Zeus castrated him. Tartarus is a place that souls after dead were punished. Tartarus is like a greek version of hell. Tartarus is usually depicted as a deep gloomy pit in the middle of the underworld which Hates( son of Chronos ) rules over. The answer to the question is Zeus killed Chronos and then banished his soul to the underworld forever. So Zeus freed his siblings then punished Chronos( he did both). After Castrating his father he drew lots with his brothers to decide who would rule the gods[|(][|Greek Mythology Gods Olympians][|)].

Chronos, Rhea, Oceanus, Tethys, Hyperion, Mnemosyne, Themis, Iapetus, Coeus, Crius, Phoebe, Thea, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Metis, and Dione are the names of all the Titans. Like the Olympians destroying the Titans to power the same thing happened to Ouranos and the Titans. Each Olympian took over the job of the Titan they overcame. For example Zeus killed Chronos who was the Titan of Titans. Since Zeus and his brothers killed the Titans of the ocean and king of Titans, they drew lots to pick and since no one was ruling the underworld Hates who had the shortest lot he had to get the worst job. Poseidon, who had the second shortest toke over Oceanus and became god of the sea[|(][|CHRONOS : The Deity from Greek Mythology][|)].

The parents of the Titans are the original beings but they do not have a special name for them. They are still called Titans but some people who like to specify or think that Gaia and Ouranos should have their own name could call them Elder Titans(Stephanides). Gaia is actually the original, original Titan because even though they both ruled the universe and Ouranos was more in charge she was the original Titan and made Ouranos. Some people might say that chaos is the original titan but it is actually just the empty space that Gaia was made out of(Chronos).

A lot of question come up while thinking of Chronos the leader of the Titans. The ones that are the first to come up in my mind is asked and answered. If Chronos was not saved by his mother Gaia then he would just fall into the background of the Titans until someone else gets the fame and kills Ouranos.


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