Cronus Role In Greek Mythology

Hesiod’s Theogony presents various roles and character of Gaia, who not only personify the Earth where all the living creature dwells on but also is portrayed as the genesis of all gods and the origin of all life. However, these two different roles can be seen as interchangeable in Theogony.

In the myth of Cronus there is a prophecy that one of Cronus’ children will defeat him. He eats his children but the prophecy comes true when his wife, Rhea, tricks him. Zeus eventually overthrows him. In both myths characters who start out good end up doing bad things to friends and family for power. In the myth of Cronus he ate his kids to keep power. In the myth of The Lightning Thief, The Big Three would destroy each other for power.

The family of Poseidon dates back to the B.C. era. Poseidon’s mother and father were Cronus and Rhea, who were Titans. His siblings were Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Hades, and Demeter. After the gods defeated the Titans, the world was divided into three parts; Zeus was given the skies, Poseidon received the seas, and Hades inherited the underworld (“Poseidon”). Poseidon’s wife was Amphitrite, a sea nymph. His children were Theseus, Triton, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor, Neleus, and Atlas. Poseidon had many affairs with sea nymphs and others.

“The Myth of Cronus” is about how Cronus overthrows his father, because his father is evil. Then Cronus hears that one of his own children will overthrow him so he swallows each one as soon as it is born. His wife/sister Rhea didn’t want him to swallow her last child, Zeus so she gave him a rock in the shape of a baby for him to swallow. So Rhea sent Zeus to live with mortals. When Zeus was older he freed his brothers and sisters. Together they overthrew Cronus, and became Zeus became the “King of god’s”. Both The Lightning Thief and “The Myth of Cronus” have the same theme Fate and Prophecy.

In The myth of Cronus,Cronus wanted all of the power and did not want to be overthrown by his kids.So Then , he wanted to make sure by deciding to eat them.Lastly, Metis gave Cronus a potion so he can vomit them up.Both the myth of Cronus and The Lightning Thief share a similar theme of Struggle for power.

In greek mythology zeus is the youngest son that cronus and rhea have, he was the supreme ruler olympics and the pantheon of gods, and originally worshiped as a weather god by greek tribes. Zeus won the draw and became the supreme the ruler of gods, as well as lord of the sky and rain. Zeus the deity of the universe, ruler of the skies and earth,zeus is important to greek mythology, because he was the god of the sky and the ruler of olympian gods. Alos helped and gave advice to odysseus in the cyclops cave by providing an olive tree.Scylla was a sea monster who haunted the rocks of narrow strait opposite the whirlpool of charybdis

There were many Greek heroes all did great acts, saved many, and slayers of monstrous beasts. They all interacted with man and did different things for them; Theseus was a founder hero, the hero of Athens and was responsible for political unification. His took journeys with stories of labor, orges and dangerous creatures. He was the unifying king and helped the mortals with their politics. Theseus built the legendary fortress of Acropolis, supposedly one of the greatest most impenetrable fortresses of its time. Slayer of the Minotaur and is known for Labyrinth. Ariedne the daughter of king Minos had great love for the great hero and would later bare his children.

One god that made it his cardinal ambition to achieve and maintain high power was the son of Uranus and Gaea, Cronus. Cronus killed his father

The Greek divinity is portrayed as a large influencing congregation that controls separate parts of daily life, nature, and future. Zeus is the overarching leader of all the gods and the god of the sky, Poseidon the god of the seas, Hades the god of the underworld, and Athena, daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom all contribute to the outcome of Odysseus’s travels. The Greek’s definition of gods, which is that of individual control of each element of Earth, evolved to that a singular god that does not have a daily influence, a god of one time creation. The Greek gods choose Odysseus from the beginning of his life and made the choices that caused the Odyssey and thus sparked the religious evolution to modern day Christianity and a distant god.

“Not so self-centered that you never listen to other people” (Hugh Hefner). In the story of Antigone, Creon shows the characteristics of a tragic hero, as he is the king he shows his self-confident and he does not recognize his flaws until the end of the story. All of this leads into his downfall in the tragedy and causes him to realized what he had done. Creon is a tragic hero because of his self-righteousness, his excessive pride, and he does not listen to the opinion of others.

In Ancient Greek Myths, there are many monsters, but one of the most fearsome is the Cyclops. This diabolical monster has one eye and is known for being simple and sometimes being cannibalistic. They were also known as the son of the Titans named Uranus and Gaea. Uranus hated his children and Gaea plotted against Uranus because of this unnatural hate. These hideous monsters terrorized the world with their abnormal horrifying eye and their giant look that they had. One of these monsters weaknesses is that they are simply unordinary stupid and they lack any amount of social skills. This means that nothing could be explained to them because they are so stupid and they also would solve problems with their brute force because they lacked any amount of social skills to think themselves or talk themselves out of a situation. These fearless cannibalistic giants also were not scared of any gods, a matter of fact, they would attack a god if they angered them. Greek monsters are scary, but there are also American monsters of today who can be scary themselves.

Poseidon was god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses and is considered one of the most angry, moody and greedy Olympian gods. He was known to be angry when insulted for example when he blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus because his father, Odysseus, had made fun of him.He is the son of Cronus and Rhea and was swallowed by his father along with Hades,Demeter, Hestia and Hera. However, in some stories it is believed that Poseidon, like Zeus, was not swallowed by Cronus because his mother Rhea who hid him among a flock of lambs and pretended to have given birth to a colt, which was eaten by Cronus instead.

“Antigone” is a novel by Sophocles. Antigone was the daughter of king Oedipus from “Oedipus Rex.” Oedipus’ future generation family, as in his children, were “cursed” by the gods because of Oedipus actions of killing his father and marrying his mother. One of the “curses” was on Antigone’s brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles; they were to fight in a battle and kill each other. This prophecy became a reality and both brothers died, but Polyneices was not buried properly because king Creon did not allow it. King Creon was Oedipus’ uncle and brother-in-law. Creon did not allow for Polyneices to be buried because Polyneices betrayed him and the town. Antigone wanted to do as the gods said, which was burying her brother, but doing so led her to a sequence of problems. Creon is the tragic hero in “Antigone” because he is excessively prideful and stubborn as a king. Creon’s downfall began with him not burying Polyneices and ended with him being alone without a family.

These stories make up what is known as Greek mythology which derived from the Greek word mythos. It implies something untrue but for the ancient Greeks these stories were a matter of faith. They help explain how and why the world works as it does. The ancient people, certainly the Greeks felt that deeply passionate feelings were somehow connected in the human mind and emotions where great desires and hatreds were somehow links.

Creon is Antigone’s uncle and he was powerful king. he cares about his city but even his rules have to be performed. His headstrong and obstinate way of ruling is what causes his own demise. He believes that he is above the gods, and even what they say cannot influence his actions. “My voice is the one voice giving orders in this city!”. His wrong decisions lead him to regret. his pride makes him blind after when he decide to kill Antigone because she buried her brother. and then became the most tragedy story ever.