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Khrónos

Khrónos (often rendered Cronus) is a figure in Greek mythology. In many traditions he is the Titan ruler of the Titans, later associated with the god of time through syncretism; Chronos, the personification of time, is a separate figure, and the two are sometimes confused in later sources. Khrónos is the son of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky), and the husband and brother of Rhea. He overthrew his father Uranus by castrating him with a sickle, establishing himself as ruler of the cosmos.

To prevent a prophecy that one of his own children would overthrow him, Khrónos swallowed each of

In some traditions Khrónos is associated with the Golden Age; in others the name becomes conflated with

Cronus is typically depicted with a sickle or scythe, and sometimes with a throne or crown, reflecting

his
offspring
at
birth:
Hestia,
Demeter,
Hera,
Hades,
Poseidon,
and
Zeus.
Rhea
saved
Zeus
by
deceiving
Khrónos
with
a
stone
wrapped
in
swaddling
clothes;
Zeus
grew
to
adulthood
and
compelled
Khrónos
to
disgorge
his
siblings.
Zeus
and
his
brothers
and
sisters
defeated
Khrónos
and
the
Titans
in
the
Titanomachy,
with
the
help
of
the
Cyclopes
and
the
Hecatoncheires.
Khrónos
was
then
cast
into
Tartarus,
and
the
Olympian
gods
took
power.
Chronos,
the
personification
of
time.
The
term
Khrónos
appears
in
various
ancient
Greek
texts,
including
Hesiod's
Theogony
and
the
Homeric
Hymns.
In
modern
usage,
Chronos
is
sometimes
used
as
a
symbol
of
time,
and
the
name
Khronos
is
used
for
the
Khronos
Group,
a
standards
consortium
for
graphics
and
compute
APIs.
his
roles
as
ruler
and
as
an
agricultural
deity.