Ironically, because of his hatred for his children the Hectoncheires and the Cyclopes, from Uranus’ spilt blood grew three more monstrous children. Sitting in front of him is the mother-earth goddess, Tellus-Gaia with her three children: Uranus (the Sky), Ourea (the Mountains), and Pontus (the Sea). Aion-Uranus, the god of eternity, is standing inside a celestial sphere decorated with zodiac signs. ![]() Cronus then proceeded to castrate his own father and tossed his testicles into the sea.Ī 3rd-century AD mosaic of Aion-Uranus with Terra (Greek Gaia) from a Roman villa in Sentinum (Sassoferrato, Italy). When his father, Uranus, came to lie with Gaia, Cronus ambushed him wielding his sickle. That night, when Gaia went to bed, Cronus hid in her room. Gaia then gave her sickle to her son and revealed her awful plan of revenge. “Mother, I will undertake to do this deed, for I reverence not our father of evil name, for he first thought of doing shameful things.” (Theogony, 167) To this, none of them replied for they were all too scared to stand up to their ruthless father. “My children, gotten of a sinful father, if you will obey me, we should punish the vile outrage of your father for he first thought of doing shameful things.” (Theogony, 163) She then sought out her remaining children (the Titans) and said to them: She began by forging a great stone sickle blade from the earth. Understandably, Gaia was not pleased to discover that her children had been abandoned in such a place and began to plot her revenge. ![]() It seems that Uranus was disgusted by the monstrous appearance of his children and wanted to be rid of the sight of them. Uranus abandoned his offspring in Tartarus a place said to be especially reserved for punishment as it was the deepest region of the world, effectively Hell. The feud between Cronus’ parents began when Uranus decided to hide the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes from Gaia. She was also mother to the great Hecatoncheires (who was said to have a hundred hands) and several Cyclopes (famous for their single eye). ![]() Gaia was mother not only to Cronus but to his brothers and sisters, the (other) Titans. The tale of Cronus’ life begins with a feud between his mother, Gaia, the personification of Mother Earth, and his father Uranus, the personification of the sea and the supposed creator of the universe. The most popular source for the myth of Cronus is the Theogony, written by the Greek poet Hesiod. ( Renáta Sedmáková / Adobe Stock) The Myth of Cronus The link between Cronus and Chronos gave rise to the nickname “Father Time.”Ĭronus, holding his sword and child, as depicted in this famous statue by Georg a Paul Heermann in Prague, Czech Republic. Among other arguments, he states that “One cause” of all things is “Chronos” (time) which he states is the same as Cronus.ĭuring the Renaissance Cronus’ link to time was further solidified. In this work Proclus also provides an explanation for the link between Cronus and time. In the 5th century the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus produced his Commentary on Plato’s Cratylus. In this sense, by devouring his sons, the past was consuming the future as father consumes son. Many others have interpreted Cronus’ link to time in this way, seeing Cronus’ actions as metaphorical for the way time destroys all things eventually.
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