Cronos/Definition

From Greek mythology, he was the youngest son of Gaia and Ouranos, with whom Gaia plots against Ouranos. He castrates his father with a sickle made by Gaia, and afterwards Ouranos retreats to the sky. This allows all of Gaia's children to be born. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.