Cronos
Family: Titan gods · Role: ruler · First appears: Book I 4
In Book I, Cronos took sovereignty of Olympus from Ophion, while Rhea took it from Eurynome, and the two then ruled over the Titan-gods: “how through strength of arm one yielded his prerogative to Cronos and the other to Rhea”. In Book II, Cronos is named the son of Uranus and the father of Zeus.
While Zeus was being nurtured in a Cretan cave, Cronos deceived Rhea and lay beside Philyra, who was discovered with him. He then leapt from the couch in the form of a steed, and Philyra later gave birth to Cheiron, “half like a horse, half like a god.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Ophion and Eurynome surrender sovereignty of Olympus to Cronos and Rhea.(Book I 4 · 📍 Olympus)
- Cronos deceives Rhea, and Rhea discovers him with Philyra.(Book II 10)
- Philyra gives birth to Cheiron after uniting with the transformed Cronos.(Book II 10 · 📍 long Pelasgian ridges)
- With: Philyra Cheiron
- “and Cronos leapt up from the couch with a rush in the form of a steed with flowing mane, but Ocean’s daughter, Philyra, in shame left the spot and those haunts, and came to the long Pelasgian ridges, where by her union with the transfigured deity she brought forth huge Cheiron, half like a horse, half like a god.”
Book I 4
- with Ophion (interaction) “and how through strength of arm one yielded his prerogative to Cronos”
- with Rhea (Cronos and Rhea jointly ruled the Titan-gods.) “but the other two meanwhile ruled over the blessed Titan-gods”
Book II 5
- child: Zeus “and to Zeus son of Cronos himself.”
Book II 9
- child: Zeus “Zeus, son of Cronos”
Book II 10
- child: Zeus “where Typhaon, they say, smitten by the bolt of Zeus, son of Cronos, when he lifted against the god his sturdy hands, dropped from his head hot gore;”
- parent: Uranus “where Cronos, son of Uranus, what time in Olympus he reigned over the Titans,”
- with Rhea (interaction) “and Zeus was yet being nurtured in a Cretan cave by the Curetes of Ida, lay beside Philyra, when he had deceived Rhea; and the goddess found them in the midst of their dalliance;”
- with Philyra (interaction) “lay beside Philyra, when he had deceived Rhea; and the goddess found them in the midst of their dalliance;”
- child: Cheiron “where by her union with the transfigured deity she brought forth huge Cheiron, half like a horse, half like a god.”
Book IV 6
- child: Zeus “the spouse of Zeus, son of Cronos”
Book IV 13
- child: Zeus “And the son of Cronos gave him to Europa to be the warder of Crete and to stride round the island thrice a day with his feet of bronze.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.