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Cronus. In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos ( / ˈkroʊnəs / or / ˈkroʊnɒs /, from Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled during the ...
Chronos. Chronos ( / ˈkroʊnɒs, - oʊs /; Ancient Greek: Χρόνος, romanized : Khronos, lit. 'Time' , [kʰrónos] ), also spelled Chronus, is a personification of time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. [ 1] Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the Titan, Cronus, in antiquity, due to ...
Titans. In Greek mythology, the Titans ( Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, singular: ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods. [ 1] According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans— Oceanus, Coeus, Crius ...
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes ( Greek: Γίγαντες, Gígantes, singular: Γίγας, Gígas ), were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size. They were known for the Gigantomachy (or Gigantomachia ), their battle with the Olympian gods. [ 2]
Kronia. The Kronia ( Ancient Greek: Κρόνια) was an Athenian festival held in honor of Kronos ( Cronus) on the 12th day of Hekatombaion, the first month of the Attic calendar, and roughly equivalent to the latter part of July and first part of August. [ a]
Atlas. In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈætləs /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Libyan god [ 1] and a Titan in Greek mythology condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity in Libya after the Titanomachy [ 2]. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles ( Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
Ancient Greek religion. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hestia ( / ˈhɛstiə, ˈhɛstʃə /; Greek: Ἑστία, meaning "hearth" or "fireside") is the virgin goddess of the hearth and the home. In myth, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and one of the Twelve Olympians . In Greek mythology, the new-born Hestia ...
Greek mythology. Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion 's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities ...