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Kronos: between Ouranos and Zeus

Theogony connects Kronos to transitions between divine generations, as a son of Ouranos and father of Zeus.

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Also known as: Kronos · Cronos · Cronus · โครนอส · โครนัส

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Reading roles within one source

Early in Theogony, Kronos is listed among the children of Gaia and Ouranos. He later attacks Ouranos before the narrative introduces Aphrodite’s emergence.

From line 453, the poem names the children of Rhea and Kronos: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus.

The database distinguishes being a child, being a parent and participating in an episode. Appearing in the same passage does not imply the same relationship type.

Claims and evidence

Kronos and Rhea are Zeus’s parents in Theogony.

Relationships by source version

Sources

  1. Hesiod, Theogony — H. G. Evelyn-White (1914)

    Theogony 134–138; 176–206; 453–458

    Source accessed 2026-10-28

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Aphrodite

Hesiod describes emergence from sea foam; the Iliad identifies Zeus and Dione as parents. Keeping the sources separate avoids a misleading single family tree.

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Dione

Dione appears when Aphrodite returns wounded from battle; the narrator explicitly identifies their mother–daughter relationship.

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Ouranos

The sky born from Gaia, and a central figure in the narrative sequence preceding Aphrodite’s emergence.

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