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| Other names Kronos Cronos Cronus was the ruling Titan who came to power by castrating his Father Uranus. His wife was Rhea. There offspring were the first of the Olympians. To insure his safety Cronus ate each of the children as they were born until Rhea tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock, instead of Zeus. When Zeus reached maturity, he overpowered Cronus and forced him disgorge the children he had swallowed. With the aid of his brothers and sisters, and other partisans among the gods, Zeus dethroned Cronus and became king of gods and men. Zeus defeated Cronus and the other Titans, and banish them to Tartarus in the underworld. Cronus managed to escape to Italy, where he ruled as Saturn. The
period of his rule was said to be a golden age on earth, honored by the
Saturnalia feast.
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