Kronus The Greek God

As we know, Zeus is the king of gods and all listened to him. The chain of command was Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Atriums, Ares; the list goes on. But this is kind of odd because Zeus was the last born son of Cronus. He was born with no right to be king. So in a way Zeus’s life is mythology’s success

Zeus was the first of the Gods and a very iconic figure. He is known as the “Father of Gods and men”, he is the god of the sky who controls lightning (often using it as a weapon) and thunder. Zeus is king of Mount Olympus, where the Greek gods live. With Hades and Poseidon, Zeus split the rule of the world with his brothers, and became king of Olympus .He took an interest in the actions of mortals. He watched over them with care, and fairness, but punishing if they deserved it.

In greek culture the gods started with a war, which led to a very impact full fall, the fall of Kronos. Kronos is the king of the titans, but every king has his downfall. The king had to have his queen and Kronos's queen was his downfall. The queen didn’t stop trying for children and every time she gave birth, the child was swallowed by their father. That is until Zeus came along.

She tricked Cronus to eat a magic herb. Cronus threw up the stone and the children. Zeus other siblings are, the boys or the gods are Hades and Poseidon. Zeus’ sisters or the goddess’ are Hestia.Demeter,and Hera. After that Cronus surrendered and fled. The Titans and and sons revolted. The titans were Prometheus and Epimetheus. Zeus also freed Gaea’s sons from Tartarus. The cyclops made weapons. Zeus had his lightning bolts. Poseidon has his trident. Hades has his cape of invisibility. The Titans lost, they were sent to Tartarus and they are guarded by a monster. Atlas the strongest titan holde the sky up forever. Gaea is angry. Typhor dies, Echidna and gos fled. Zeus turned and threw lightning bolts. The Cyclops built a palace. Which is later name Mt.

When I began to think, and read about Zeus, the Greek God, I was overpowered with information throughout all my assignments and lessons. In the beginning of Zeus’s time, here were some things I’ve acquired back to the beginning of his birthday. For one, Zeus was conceived on an island named Crete. However, Zeus was not conceived wherever or anywhere for that matter, but he was conceived in a surrender on Mount Ida. Although this statement has been made for hundreds of years, it appears some still think differently. Other stories explain that Zeus was born in the Diktaean Cave. Carrying on to Zeus’s story; he had a father named Kronos and his mother’s name was Rhea. Zeus was born into a very

In the beginning there was emptiness called Chaos, as well as Earth, Hell, and Love named Eros. Eros was half girl half boy and created the earth named Gaia. Gaia, out of her own fertility, created a male companion named Ouranos, sky (Stone 39). Ouranos and Gaia would begin to create all other creatures of the universe including the massive Titans. Some of their offspring were giant rats and lizards, some only had one eye in the center of their forehead, and others had fifty heads and one hundred arms. Ouranos was disgusted by these deformed creatures and hid them away deep within the earth. Gaia did not agree with this decision and vowed to get revenge upon him. She turned to the Titans for help and promised if one of them would use an adamant sickle against their father they would assume his role as the master of the universe and king of the Titans. Kronos, the largest of the Titans, stepped forward. That same night Kronos snuck up behind his father and cut off his genitals. Kronos raised the genitals in victory spraying blood everywhere. Some of the blood hit Gaia and seeped into her womb (Stone 40). Other drops dripped into Tartarus, the deepest part of the underworld, and created the Furies. Finally, drops would become the Giants of the Earth which would be impervious to death, even by the hands of a god. Although Kronos was now king of the Titans he was told by his mother and father that he would be

However when Zeus was born Rhea took a stone and wrapped it in clothe and Kronos swallowed it. Zeus grew up away from his father and when he grew up he wanted revenge on his father. Zeus was victorious in the battle against the Titans, the Titanomachy. Metis, the daughter of the Titan Okeanos, “Oceans”, made and served Kronos a drink to make him throw up Zeus’ brothers and sisters, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia, they joined forces with Zeus.

Whenever Zeus grew up he decided to go back and try to help save his siblings and overthrow his father Cronus. Zeus went back and pretended to want to be a servant for Cronus. Once Zeus was officially a servant of Cronus he gave him a mixture to make him throw up. This resulted in Cronus regurgitating the rest of Zeus’ siblings. Once Zeus had his siblings back they decided to make war. Their goal was to overthrow their father.

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

Hades was angered that Zeus was the sole heir to their father’s throne and tried “drawing straws” with his brothers, in

The Kronos rather brief in comparison to the greek gods and goddesses. In the beginning of the mythological history the Uranus the ruler of the universe and Gaia Goddess of the Earth

Zeus was the youngest of the children born from Kronos and Rhea. Kronos swallowed all of the his children one by one because of an old prophecy he had heard that one of his children will overthrow him. When Rhea found out she was pregnant with Zeus, she was not going to let the same thing happen to him, so she gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and tricked Kronos into swallowing a rock, leading him to believe that it was the baby, making all of the other children come back in reverse order, so now the oldest one is the youngest. This made Zeus to now be the oldest, and the strongest, of all of his siblings, being that he was never swallowed. He is the God of the Sky, and also controls thunder and lightning, which he often uses to his advantage. Zeus plays a huge role in Hesiod’s Theogony, as he is portrayed to of been riddled with bad temper, and we see that a lot in some of the actions he takes through it.

Another variable of this history says that Zeus, united forces with his brothers Poseidon and Hades for defeating his father and forced him to vomit up the other god's.

Poseidon vied with Athena to be patron deity of Athens. The god demonstrated his power and benevolence by striking the Acropolis with his three-pronged spear, which caused a spring of salt water to emerge. Athena, however, planted an olive tree, which was seen as a more useful favor.

“A prophecy for told that one of Cronus’s own kid would overthrow him as he did his father. Because of the prophecy he swallowed his kids. Rhea managed to save the youngest Zeus by feeding Cronus a stone wrapped in clothing. Zeus was raised in a secret cave on the highest mountain on the island of Crete. When Zeus was fully grown he forced Cronus to spit up his kids he swallowed Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Hades and Poseidon. Zeus also freed the Giants and Cyclops. Together the fought Cronus and sent him to the depths of Tartarus a place deep in the underworld” (Parks