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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the youngest [[son]] of [[Gaia]] and [[Ouranos]], with whom Gaia plots against Ouranos. He [[castration|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]] [[scholarship|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]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the youngest [[son]] of [[Gaia]] and [[Ouranos]], with whom Gaia plots against Ouranos. He [[castration|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.

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Cronos [r]: From Greek mythology, 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.