CLAS 430 Lecture 2: Cronus v Uranus, Zeus v Cronus, Zeus’s battles
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Male god in a marriage doesn"t want to pass on power to male offspring. Uranus blocks gaea"s womb (cave deep down in the earth) to prevent offspring. "a terrible sickle" : cronus (child of gaea and uranus) uses blade made by gaea to water. Foam from the severed penis and semen gives rise to the birth of aphrodite (gre. Cronus (=saturn) replaces uranus as king of heaven. Cronus eats their children as soon as they are born. Gaea gives rhea advice on how to save her children by telling her to give birth in. Cronus finds out she was pregnant, so rhea creates a "stunt double", wraps a roc. Zeus grows up and rises in power and makes cronus puke out all the children an. Omphalos ("navel or belly button") - sacred stone in delphi. Zeus pins typhoeus under the active volcano mount etna after he wins the.
