Summary Of The Cronus Myth

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In the cronus myth it stated ¨Cronus was the son of uranus and gae and was the youngest of the titans .When gaea gave birth to other children ,such as cyclops who looked monstrous ,uranus was not proud of them in a pit under the earth.This made gear very angry she asked cronus and his titan brother to rise up against rise up against the re father and save their other brothers.¨In the cronus myth it stated ¨ cronus was the god of time and he married his sister rhea and together they had three son and three daughters .Cronus was afraid that his children one day might rise and overthrow against his authority as he did against his own father .cronus attempted to escape fate by swallowing his children .When it came to zeus her six and last child rhea was determined to save that last child to love and cherish.¨In the cronus myth it stated¨Grown to manhood zeus determined to make his father restore his brothers and sisters goddess metis helped him convince cronus in drinking the potion .Which caused him vomit back the children he had swallowed…..cronus now became supreme god.¨The theme of the cronus myth and lightning thief was fate and prophecy was that cronus knew that his fate was that he would be overthrown …show more content…

A quote from cronus myth is “Cronus was afraid that his children might one day rise up against his authority,as he did against his own father,URANUS.”Another quote from the cronus myth is “IN ORDER TO BE SURE THAT HE KEPT POWER AND THE PROPHECY DID NOT COME TRUE ,CRONUS ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FATE BY SWALLOWING EACH CHILD SOON AS IT WAS BORN. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS QUOTE IS THAT IT IS SHOWING HOW CRONUS WAS GOING TO PLAN TO CHANGE PROPHECY SO HE WON'T BE OVERTHROWN..I WROTE THIS PARAGH TO SHOW YOU HOW CRONUS WAS AFRAID THAT HIS CHILDREN MIGHT ONE DAY RISE UP AGAINST HIS AUTHORITY ,AS HE DID AGAINST HIS OWN

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