Cronos: Titan of Time and Ages
by Kyle Ilgenfritz

Cronos and Rhea
Description: Cronos and Rhea
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Cronos is the Greek Titan of Time Ages. He is the son of Ouranos and Gaia, and his brothers are Okeanos, Koios, Hyperion, Kreios, Iapetos. While his Sisters are Tethys, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoibe, Dione, Theia. Cronos was the youngest of them all, and the most terrible. He hated his father for sending him and his brothers down where no light was present because he was ashamed of their form. So his mother came up with a plan to over throw his father (There\'s a pattern here, hint hint).

After Cronos did this, he became the leader of the titans. This lasted for a long time until he married his sister Rhea, and decided to have children. A Prophet told him that one of his sons will over throw him, so he decided to swallow his children. His wife Rhea hid the last of their children from him, Zeus. Zeus came back, once he was of age, and poisoned his father to bring his brothers and sisters from their father\'s stomach. Zeus said that Cronos was just like his father by trapping his children, so he deserved to be imprisoned.
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