Comparing The Cronus Myth And The Lighting Thief

It all started with Uranus and Gaea. They were the first God and Goddess. Gaea is the Goddess of the Earth. Uranus is the God of sky. Another name that refer to Gaea is Mother Earth. Uranus and Gaea First children are called the titans. They had 6 titans, which are boys. They also had 6 titanesses, which are girls. The titan had ridiculous amount of strength. One of the titans was named Cronus. Uranus and Gaea had 3 cyclops children. There names were Lightning, Thunder,and Thunderbolt. The cyclopes are strong smiths. Then Uranus and Gaea had a 3 generation of kids, which were 3 sons. They had 50 heads & 100 strong arms. Uranus put the cyclops and 3rd generation of children into Tartarus. Gaea told her Titan kids to help her and kill Uranus for sending there other kids into Tartarus. Gaea told her children, who ever chooses to kill there father get the title lord of the universe and also free his siblings. Cronus said he would, but his father fled before he got the chance.

Once Zeus was fully grown he returned to his father’s realm and with the help of his mother, hoodwinked Cronus to drink an emetic that made him disgorge his children (Leadbetter). It was these children: Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera and Demeter who helped Zeus wage the Titan war against Cronus. The women titans refused to help Cronus defeat the Olympians and even a few male titans helped aid the Olympians. After ten years of battles, the Olympians were able to banish the Titans into the Underworld (Titanomachy). It was after this war that Zeus seized the throne and divided the sky, the underworld, and the sea amongst him and his brothers. (Hades: the underworld, Poseidon: the sea, and Zeus: the sky.)

According to Greek mythology, Cronus was intimidated by his children. So in attempt to keep reign, he ate his children as they were born. However, Rhea saved Zeus. She hid the baby and gave Cronus a rock wrapped in cloth instead. Cronus fell for the trick and ate the rock. Zeus grew up and became powerful enough to battle his father to free his siblings. (Britannica.com)

Zeus was the child of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea, and was the youngest of all his siblings. Cronus , Zeus’ father, had been warned that one of his children would overthrow him. Cronus knew the consequences, for he had overthrown his father, Uranus. To prevent this from

Cronus rises to power by overthrowing his father Uranus. Uranus grows weary of his wife Gaia’s creations, mainly the hundred-handed Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes. Uranus takes the Hecatonchires and shoves them back into the Earth effectively blocking any further creation by Gaia. Gaia is not happy with this so she creates the sickle and goes to her children, the titans, and asks which of them will exact revenge on Uranus. In the end all of the titans decline except for Cronus. So, wielding the sickle Cronus faces his father and castrates him, casting his testicles into the sea. The

The titans overthrow their father Uranos with their mother’s help, but before Uranos can be banished into Tartarus, he prophesizes that his son Cronos would be overthrown by his own children. In fear of his father’s curse, Cronos swallows his offspring as soon as they are born. To protect her youngest child, his wife Rhea hides Zeus and gives Cronos a rock instead of her son. Over the years, Zeus develops a plan to save his siblings and end Cronos’ tyranny, ultimately freeing them. As a result, the Titanomachy–a war between gods and titans–ensues, with the outcome of the gods’ victory and the establishment of the new era with Zeus as king of the gods.

Cronus was a titan and controlled the world along with the other titans when Zeus was born. Cronus usually swallowed his children after they were born, but Rhea took Zeus to Mount Dicte where he was hidden from Cronus. He then came back to Cronus when he was older and made Cronus regurgitate his brothers and sisters. His brothers were Hades and Poseidon and his sisters were Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. He ended up marrying Hera and had eight children with her. He was infamous for his affairs with other women while married to Hera. He had many children and some of importance were Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus Hercules, Perseus the Muses, the Graces, and Helen of Troy were only a few of his children. He had many children that were gods and he had a few that were heros as

“The Story of Cronus” communicates with the theme the struggle for power since Cronus ate his children so that they wouldn’t take his throne. The myth states, “ Cronus having an uneasy conscience, was afraid that his children might one day rise up against his authority, and thus verify the prediction of his father, Uranus.” This quote shows how Cronus was afraid

However, Uranus was afraid that Cronus might overpower him and one day obtain all his power. Knowing this Uranus purposely tried to kill Cronus in multiply occasions, but Gaea would always protect him. One day Gaea and Cronus made a plan to have Cronus challenge Uranus and take over his power. So it happened, Cronnus challenged his father and was victorious during their battle and Uranus was left to rot (Bernard 1) "Now Cronus had become king of gods by killing his father Uranus” (Bernard 3). In both Greek and Roman Mythology, the relationship between parents and children are distorted, strained, and bizarrely transformed, because of their greediness for power and obsessiveness to be better than the other.

The story of Cronos, king of the Titans, was that he had four children with his wife Rhea. These Children are Hestia, Demeter, Poseidon, and Hades, all of whom he swallowed because his parents had warned that he would be overthrown by his child. When Zeus was born, Rhea hid him in Crete and tricked Cronos into swallowing a stone instead. Zeus grew up with nymphs and a goat named Amalthae. When Zeus heard what had happened to his siblings he gave Cronos poison, which forced Cronos to throw-up his brothers and sisters. A war was then fought between the two groups, and the Olympians won, and ruled over the

Zeus’ affinity for being the main character of a myth is no different in the epic myth about his fight against Cronus and the Titans or the “Titanomachy.” In this larger-than-life battle Zeus has to overthrow his father Cronus and take his predestined place as king of the gods. In this myth however, Zeus has to grow and overcome many challenges that stand in his way to greatness. Zeus has to ask for help from his mother in order to be able to free his sibling from his father Cronus who had swallowed them whole. After Zeus frees his siblings he has to face the mighty Titans, so he asks the Cyclops and the Hecatonchires to aid him in this battle that lasts

With the ability to strike anyone with lightning, Zeus brought down Cronus. With Cronus gone,

Cronus was being a jerk and he ate his kids because he didn’t want his kids out think him.Cronus ate all his kids he thought they where ate all of them his wife gave him a rock they one kid and Zeus took his powers. Both the myth of cronus and the lightning thief share a similar theme and that is a struggle for power.

In the Cronus myth Cronus was born and he was told to overthrow his father and save his brothers but he only overthrown his father so his mom started planning his demise.In the Cronus myth Cronus married his sister Rhea and they had kids who are the gods and he was afraid they would overthrow him like he did to his father so he ate them when they were born.In the Cronus myth Rhea saved 1 of the children with the help of Cronus’s mom and instead of letting him have the child Rhea gave Cronus a rock in baby clothes to eat instead.A theme that connects these 2 stories are Fate and Prophecy and also Supernatural of non-human characters.

He was the father of all the rivers and lakes of the world. But then the Olympians rebelled against the Titans, Zeus drove Cronus into the western ocean. When Zeus had taken his place as head of the gods, not even the oceans tides could defy him.