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Facts about Kronos Titan of Time
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Zeus eventually fulfilled the prophecy against Kronos by defeating him in the Titanomachy, a ten-year war that ended with the Titans imprisoned in Tartarus.
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Kronos fathered the six Olympian siblings Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus with his sister-wife Rhea.
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The Roman equivalent of Kronos is Saturn, whose festival Saturnalia was one of the most celebrated holidays in the Roman calendar.
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Fearful of a prophecy that his own children would overthrow him, Kronos swallowed each of his offspring whole immediately after birth.
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In Greek mythology, Kronos is the youngest and most cunning of the Titans, who overthrew his father Ouranos to become ruler of the cosmos.