The Defeat of Cronus

In my last blog post, I ended with Cronus being the lord of the universe.  This did not last for long.  After Cronus took command he married one of the other girl Titans, Rhea.  Gaea instructed Cronus to destroy his father, Uranus.  Even though he did this, Gaea was angry at Cronus because  he did not free his brothers, the Cyclopses like he promised.  Though she was angry she did not punish him for she knew that one day a son of his would overthrow him.  Unfortunately, Cronus knew this as well because each time they had a child he would swallow them.  He swallow several children, but Rhea decided to save her final child, for she could not bear to see her children being devoured by their father.  This was the moment Gaea had been waiting for.  When the child was born Rhea gave him to Gaea and she hid him on an island called Crete, far from Cronus.  In the meantime, Rhea wrapped a rock in blankets and gave it to Cronus.  As she thought, he swallowed it, because he thought it was the baby. She was now happy because she knew someday the little baby would overthrow him.  This baby's name was Zeus.

Mother Earth took baby Zeus to the island of Crete.  The nymphs in Crete took care of him, fed him nectar and ambrosia, the food of the gods.  The food came from a magical goat that had nectar pour out of one horn and ambrosia come out of the other.  He was well cared for and when he was grew older, he went back to his mother.  Together, they plotted Cronus' defeat.  Soon he was ready.  Zeus dressed up as one of Cronus' servants, and gave him a poisoned drink that Rhea made.  Cronus drank it, not knowing it was poisoned, and got very sick making him vomit up all of the now fully grown gods.  Zeus had saved them. This concludes the story of The Defeat of Cronus.

Remember to read my next epic tale!

-Julie Shiroma