What is Kronos?
[[File:Rhéa présentant une pierre emmaillotée à Cronos dessin du bas-relief d'un autel romain.jpg|thumb|190 px|Kronos and his wife Rhea]] [[File:Rubens saturn.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Painting by [[Peter Paul Rubens]] of Cronus devouring one of his children]] '''Kronos''' ({{lang-el|Κρόνος}}, ''Krónos''; {{lang-la|CRONVS}}, ''Cronus''), is the leader of the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]] in [[Greek mythology]]. The son of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] (Mother [[Earth]]) and [[Uranos|Ouranos]] (Father [[Sky]]), he was the youngest of his brothers. At the urging of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], Kronos castrated his father with a sickle and overthrew him, ruling the cosmos as king during the so-called [[Golden age|Golden Age]]. Kronos married his sister [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], and sired the first generation of the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods]]: [[Hestia]], [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Poseidon]], and [[Zeus]]. In fear of a prophecy that told of him being overthrown by his own children, Kronos swallowed each of them as soon they were born. Only the youngest, [[Zeus]], managed to escape this fate and, after freeing his siblings, waged war against Kronos and the other Titans. During this Titanomachy, the Olympians emerged victorious, and Kronos himself was cast into [[Tartarus]]. In some versions, Kronos was later freed by Zeus and became ruler of the Elysian Islands. == In popular culture == Kronos appears as the main antagonist in [[Rick Riordan]]'s [[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'']] series and in some episodes of [[Stargate SG-1]]. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Kronos}} [[Category:Titans]]