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Cronus
CronusCronus was the youngest of the Titans, the Greek deities who ruled the world before the arrival of Zeus* and the other Olympian gods and goddesses. Cronus seized power from his father, the sky god Uranus, and was later ousted by his own children. The Romans adopted Cronus as a member of their pantheon, renamed him Saturn, and worshiped him as a god of agriculture. According to legend, Uranus had imprisoned several of his children in the body of his wife, the earth goddess Gaia. To punish him, Gaia asked her son Cronus to cut off Uranus's sex organs during the night. After carrying out his mother's wishes, Cronus replaced his father as ruler. He married his sister, Rhea, another Titan, and they began to have children. Learning that one of his offspring was fated to overcome him just as he had overcome his father, Cronus swallowed each baby as it was born. Rhea, however, managed to save their youngest child, Zeus, by feeding Cronus a stone wrapped in infants' clothing. She then arranged for the baby to be raised in secret. When Zeus was grown, he forced Cronus to vomit up the swallowed children: the deities Hestia, Demeter*, Hera*, Hades*, and Poseidon*. Zeus also freed the giants and the Cyclopes* who had been imprisoned. Together they went to war against Cronus and the Titans and, after a violent struggle, emerged victorious. Zeus then banished the Titans to Tartarus, a place deep in the underworld. deity god or goddess pantheon all the gods of a particular culture underworld land of the dead In another version of the myth, Cronus's rise to power ushered in a peaceful golden age, which ended when the Titans were defeated. Following the battle, Cronus was sent to rule a distant paradise known as the Islands of the Blessed. See also Cyclopes; Gaia; Giants; Greek Mythology; Saturn; Uranus; Zeus. |
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"Cronus." Myths and Legends of the World. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cronus." Myths and Legends of the World. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3490900142.html "Cronus." Myths and Legends of the World. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3490900142.html |
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Cronus
Cronus in Greek mythology, the supreme god until dethroned by Zeus. The youngest son of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth), Cronus overthrew and castrated his father and then married his sister Rhea. Because he was fated to be overcome by one of his male children, Cronus swallowed all of them as soon as they were born, but when Zeus was born, Rhea deceived him and hid the baby away.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Cronus." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Cronus." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Cronus.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Cronus." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Cronus.html |
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Cronus see Kronos . |
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"Cronus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cronus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Cronus.html "Cronus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Cronus.html |
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Cronus
•pandanus
•badness, madness, sadness
•Magnus • aptness
•fatness, patness
•redness • wetness
•anus, Coriolanus, heinous, Janus, Punta Arenas, Silvanus
•genus, intravenous, Maecenas, Malvinas, Salinas, venous, Venus
•Cygnus • proteinous • ruinous
•libidinous
•multitudinous, platitudinous, pulchritudinous, vicissitudinous
•cartilaginous, farraginous, oleaginous
•fuliginous, indigenous, oxygenous, polygynous, rubiginous, vertiginous
•androgynous, autogenous, endogenous, erogenous, exogenous, homogenous, hydrogenous, misogynous
•ferruginous • ominous
•bituminous, leguminous, luminous, numinous, voluminous
•conterminous, coterminous, terminus, verminous
•larcenous • gelatinous • cretinous
•mountainous
•glutinous, mutinous
•resinous
•Aquinas, Delphinus, echinus, Linus, Longinus, minus, Plotinus, sinus, vinous
•oddness • wanness • hotness
•Faunus, rawness
•Kaunas
•bonus, Cronus, Jonas, lowness, onus, Tithonus
•oldness
•newness, twoness
•fulness
•alumnus, rumness
•oneness • Oceanus • Eridanus
•diaphanous • polyphonous
•cacophonous, homophonous
•porcellanous • villainous
•membranous • tyrannous
•synchronous • Uranus • tetanus
•monotonous • gluttonous
•cavernous, ravenous
•treasonous • poisonous • Avernus
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"Cronus." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Cronus." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Cronus.html "Cronus." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Cronus.html |
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