Crius
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| Greek deities series | |
|---|---|
| Primordial deities | |
| Olympians | |
| Aquatic deities | |
| Chthonic deities | |
| Personified concepts | |
| Other deities | |
| Titans | |
| The Twelve Titans: | |
| Oceanus and Tethys, | |
| Hyperion and Theia, | |
| Coeus and Phoebe, | |
| Cronus and Rhea, | |
| Mnemosyne, Themis, | |
| Crius, Iapetus | |
| Sons of Iapetus: | |
| Atlas, Prometheus, | |
| Epimetheus, Menoetius | |
In Greek mythology, Crius (Kreios) was one of the Titans, a son of Uranus and Gaia. The least individualized among them, he was overthrown in the Titanomachy.
He was involved in the ten-year-long war between the Olympian gods and Titans. After Zeus (the leader of the Olympian) went to Gaia to ask for help and she said to release the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed ones, the Hecatonchires; with their aid, the war was lost; Crius was banished to the lower basement of Hades called Tartarus.
With Eurybia, he was the father of Pallas.
Crius in fiction
- Crius is one of three titans that Xena meets in in season 1, episode 7, "The Titans".
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