Cronos Rules, Zeus Takes Over Flashcards
So Gaia tells uranus’s children to do what?
Attack their father and overthrow him.
Of all of his children only one child was brave enough to attempts killing their father Uranus. Who was it?
Cronos
How did Cronos kill Uranus? And what did he use to kill him?
By chopping off parts of uranus’s body in the night. He used a sickle
Where did Cronos throw his fathers body parts?
Into the sea
Which goddess was born from the bloody foam in the sea of Uranus’s blood?
Aphrodite
Who did Cronos then marry?
Rhea
Because Uranus finds his children ugly, he hides them. Where?
Underground
Cronos then ruled over the Titans and what happened to Uranus?
He was removed from the earth forever.
Cronos then heard a prophecy about what?
That he would be overthrown by his son. He then came to fear his children.
To stop his children overthrowing him he did what?
He swallowed them alive as soon as they were born.
Which of his 5 children were also swallowed, despite rhea’s objections?
Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Hades and Poseidon
When Zeus was born what did Rhea do to prevent Cronos eating him?
She wrapped a child sized stone in baby clothes and Cronos ate it believing that it was in fact the child.
Zeus was then sent away to an island, what was it called?
The island of Crete
Zeus lived in a cave hidden from view on the island. He was fed with goats milk and honey. When he cried what happened?
A group of young men called the Curetes made a loud noise so no one would suspect the baby was there.
When Rhea knew that Zeus was strong enough to take on his father Cronos, she gave Cronos a drink of what to make him sick?
Mustard and salt
