Kratos
Kratos is a Greek deity and the brother of Bia. He appears alongside his sister in the Greek tragedy 'Prometheus Bound' but does not speak.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in the Greek tragedy 'Prometheus Bound' attributed to Aeschylus.
Relationships
- serves
- Zeus
- allied with
- Zeus, Titans, Gaia, Athena, Hephaestus
- co occurs with
- Perias, Old Gods, Dahak, Echidna, Oceanus, Tethys, Erebus, Nox, Hades, Helios, Kraken, Kronos, Hyperion, Theia, Crius, Styx, Pallas
- served by
- Skíðblaðnir
Mentioned by
- Athena
- Hephaestus
- Echidna
- Oceanus
- Tethys
- Erebus
- Nox
- Hades
- Helios
- Kraken
- Kronos
- Hyperion
- Theia
- Crius
- Styx
- Pallas
and 7 more
Sources
Source passages
“Bia is not as well known as her siblings Kratos or Nike, and when she appears in myths, she is usually silent. However, she does play a pivotal role in the story of Prometheus. He ordered that Prometheus be chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains. Bia and her brother, Kratos, were sent to carry out this task”
#27863 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“by him gave birth to the personifications Zelus (Glory, Emulation), Nike (Victory), Kratos (Strength, Dominion), and Bia (Force, Violence).”
#37350 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“They attempt to reignite their Great War with the Olympians with help from Spartan warrior Kratos, who became the God of War after killing Ares and sought vengeance against the Olympians after their king Zeus, later revealed to be his biological father.”
#40042 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Nike, Kratos (Cratus), Zelos (Zelus), and Bia were born to Pallas and Styx.”
#44918 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free