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Chronos

deity sky Ancient Greece single tradition · 16

Chronos is the ancient Greek god of time. He is known for wielding a scythe or sickle.

↻ synthesized from 16 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Greek deity.

Relationships

co occurs with
Thanatos, Auge, Nymphe, Mesembria, Sponde, Elete, the Fates, Acte, Musica, Gymnastica, Arctus, Dysis, Hesperis, Anatole, Selene, Akte, Gymnasica, Nympha, Musia, Gymnasia, Arktos, Anatolia, Messembria, Semele, Protogonos, Primordials, Cronos, Nyx, Ouranos, Ananke, Father Time, Kairos, Hecate, Odysseus, Zagreus, Helios, Bia, Aphrodite, Adrasteia, Gaia, Apollo, Hera, Athena, Persephone, Titans, Typhon, Zeus, Hermes, Saturn, Dionysus, Death, Grim Reaper, Aion
enemy of
Melinoe
parent of
Akte, Antolia, Auge, Musia, Gymnasia, Nymphe, Mesembria, Arktos, Anatolia, Acte, Musica, Gymnastica, Arctus, Anatole, Sponde, Elete, Dysis, Hesperis, Gymnasica, Nympha, Messembria, Erebus, Chaos, Aether, Phanes
consort of
Ananke
sibling of
Ananke
syncretized with
Cronus, Kronos, leontocephaline
creator of
Phanes

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Mentioned by

and 7 more

Sources

wikipedia (16)
  1. Grim Reaper
  2. Melinoë
  3. Acte (mythology)
  4. Ananke
  5. Anatole (mythology)
  6. Arctus (Hora)
  7. Auge (Hora)
  8. Dysis
  9. Elete
  10. Gymnastica
  11. Hesperis (Hora)
  12. Orphism
  13. Titans in popular culture
  14. Phanes
  15. Father Time
  16. Saturn (mythology)

Source passages

“inspired by the ancient Greek deity Chronos, god of time, and the similarly-named Cronus, a Greek Titan associated with the harvest, both of whom are known for wielding a scythe or sickle.”

#12261 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She seeks to defeat Chronos with help from Hecate, the Olympian gods, and other figures from Greek mythology, such as Odysseus.”

#18897 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Their father was either Helios (Sun) or Chronos (Time).”

#27485 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Ananke and Chronos are mates, mingling together in serpent form as a tie around the universe. Together, they have crushed the primal egg of creation.”

#27579 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Their father was said to be either Helios (the Sun god) or Chronos, (the personification of Time).”

#27674 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001