"That's Kronos eating his kids," I began explaining. "Kronos ascended the throne after defeating his father Uranus, the Primordial of the Sky. Before killing his father, he was warned by Uranus that he would be dethroned by his own son in the same manner Kronos had dethroned him. To avoid this fate, Kronos swallowed each of his children as they were born. The last child, Zeus, was spared because Kronos's wife, Rhea, handed him over to some mountain nymphs as soon as he was born, to be raised in secret, and gave Kronos a rock instead. After Zeus grew up, he confronted Kronos, gave him a mixture of mustard and wine, forcing Kronos to regurgitate all his swallowed siblings. Along with Zeus, they came to be known as the Olympians, and the first Titanomachy began, resulting in the gods imprisoning all the Titans, whether innocent or not."
Legend of Perseus Jackson
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