Kronos caught killing kids in Carthage.

Kronos retires to Italy and gains a new name, festival, and magical gf.

The character of Kronos is surprisingly different than what might be expected after considering the Age of Kronos.

A golden age, the Age of Kronos. Echoes of the festival of Kronia, of the bee goddess, of human sacrifice, of the earth yielding its fruit without human toil. The golden age refracted and pleasantly distorted itself onto the mythologies of widely varying people from all over the world.

Searching for the right lens through which to interpret mythology created artistically compelling literature and many of these efforts still influence the discipline.

Further Research:

Ascent of Olympus by Rendel Harris (garden)

Symbols and Mythology by Georg Creuzer (secret knowledge)

Paradise Lost Book 2 by Milton (gods of ancient faiths as devils)

Sacred History by Euhemerus (historical distortion)

Nomadic and pastoral groups migrating and interacting with settled populations in fertile agricultural regions gave birth to a characteristic style of mythology.

The darker background to the Olympian pantheon.

• Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch (1:47, 4:16)

• The Greek Myths by Robert Graves (6:38, 17:04, 23:04)

• Genesis 3 KJV (9:02)

• Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius (10:42)

• Tzetzes on Lycophronem’s Alexandria (14:35)

• Ancient Greece by HB Cotterell (20:26)

Age of Fable guides us through the ancient Greek cosmos as we elaborate and compare.