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Cronos (other)
Cronus, also spelled "Cronos" or "Kronos", was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans in Greek mythology. Cronos may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional characters * Cronos (''Bloody Roar''), a playable character in ''Bloody Roar'' video games * Vellian Crowler (Cronos de Medici), a teacher character in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' *Kronos in ''Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters'' *Cronos in ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series)'' Season 7 Episode 12 "Time After Time" *Cronos, a character in the video game series '' God of War'' Other uses in arts and media * ''Cronos'' (film), a 1992 Mexican horror film * Conrad Lant (Cronos, born 1963), British musician ** Cronos (band), formed by Lant * '' Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos'', a 1986 anime series Other uses * Mazda Cronos The Mazda Capella, also known as the 626 in North America and Southeast Asia, is a mid-size car that was manufactured by Mazda from 1970 until 2002. Sold in the Japanese domestic market und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronos
Chronos (; grc-gre, Χρόνος, , "time"), also spelled Khronos or Chronus, is a personification of time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the Titan Cronus in antiquity due to the similarity in names. The identification became more widespread during the Renaissance, giving rise to the iconography of Father Time wielding the harvesting scythe. Greco-Roman mosaics depicted Chronos as a man turning the zodiac wheel. He is comparable to the deity Aion as a symbol of cyclical time. He is usually portrayed as an old callous man with a thick grey beard, personifying the destructive and stifling aspects of time. Name During antiquity, Chronos was occasionally interpreted as Cronus. According to Plutarch, the Greeks believed that Cronus was an allegorical name for Chronos. Mythology In the Orphic tradition, the unaging Chronos was "engendered" by "earth and water", and produced Aether, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
