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Chronos

By Charles Smith. Chronos. Chronos.

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Chronos

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  1. By Charles Smith Chronos

  2. Chronos • The name Chronos appears on occasion, but he is not seldom identified with Cronus, who once ruled the universe but now is said to rule Elysium. Chronos (but not Cronus) is called the father of the HORAE (regarded as Hours instead of Seasons), of Aether (Upper Sky), and of Eros.

  3. Time rules perception • Chronos is time, a god who has never been underrated. • For all-consuming Time, who for the human mind increases endlessly, cannot in anyway be separated from the orderly experience of life, which is not conceivable without him. • Therein lies the power of this god, who rules, not just the appearance of things-making them look newer or older-but also the soul who would not be capable of apprehending anything without his gifts that’s why its been said: ever-ageing time teaches all things

  4. Time trusted • Although time brings old age and death, he is nevertheless revered in yet other ways. • There are those who equate him to money, but do the same with everything else. Others trust him mainly because time purges all things or because time is a god who brings ease or because he unveils truth.

  5. Myth about Chronos • Chronos was the Titan god of time and the ages, especially time where regarded as destructive and all-devouring. He ruled the cosmos during the so-called Golden Age, after castrating and deposing his father Ouranos (the Sky). In fear of a prophecy that he would be in turn be overthrown by his own son, Chronos swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born. Rhea managed to save the youngest, Zeus, by hiding him away on the island of Krete, and fed Cronos a stone wrapped in the swaddling clothes of an infant. The god grew up, forced Chronos to disgorge his swallowed offspring, and led the Olympians in a ten year war against the Titanes, before driving them defeated into the pit of Tartaros.

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