Zachary Atkins
Mr. Pitts
Comm skills
8/25/17
Kronos
Kronos is the God of time, and the King of the Titans. He is one of the most powerful and most feared of the Titans. His parents Uranus and Gaea had eleven other children, some of which are Coeus, Crius, and Hyperion, These Titans otherwise known as the Elder Gods, were extremely powerful, and ruled the universe during the Golden Age. Titans had children known as the second generation of Titans, some of which are Atlas and Helios. Kronos and his wife Rhea, played an important role in Greek Mythology, having set the stage for the new rulers of the universe, the Olympian Gods (The Titans).
Kronos’s parents, Uranus and Gaea, the first beings in the universe, they came into existence when
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He was the ruler during the Golden age, he wasn't really evil until he was overcome with fear when he and Rhea had children. Some Greeks even worshiped him because they thought he was better than the Olympian Gods, having castrated his father, and having to suffer in Tartarus for decades. Cannibalizing his children was also extremely important, because it led to Zeus and the rest of the Olympian Gods to have a strong hatred toward him and the Titans. Which led to the Titan War, and the Titans being sent to Tartarus. Kronos was one of the most important Gods in Greek Mythology.
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