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n. (context Greek god English) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.
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In Greek mythology, Crius , Kreios or Krios (, Κριός) was one of the Titans in the list given in Hesiod's Theogony, a son of Uranus and Gaia. The least individualized among the Titans he was overthrown in the Titanomachy. M. L. West has suggested how Hesiod filled out the complement of Titans from the core group—adding three figures from the archaic tradition of Delphi, Coeus, and Phoibe, whose name Apollo assumed with the oracle, and Themis. Among possible further interpolations among the Titans was Crius, whose interest for Hesiod was as the father of Perses and grandfather of Hecate, for whom Hesiod was, according to West, an "enthusiastic evangelist".
Consorting with Eurybia, daughter of Earth ( Gaia) and Sea ( Pontus), he fathered Astraios and Pallas as well as Perses. The joining of Astraios with Eos, the Dawn, brought forth Eosphoros, the other Stars and the Winds.
Joined to fill out lists of Titans to form a total that made a match with the Twelve Olympians, Crius was inexorably involved in the ten-year-long war between the Olympian gods and Titans, the Titanomachy, though without any specific part to play. When the war was lost, Crius was banished along with the others to the lower level of Hades called Tartarus.
Although "krios" was also the ancient Greek word for "ram", the Titan's chthonic position in the Underworld means no classical association with Aries, the "Ram" of the zodiac, is ordinarily made. Aries is the first visible constellation in the sky at the spring season, marking the start of the new year in the ancient Greek calendar. This fact may have implied that Crius was the Titan god of constellations, measuring the duration of the year while his brother Hyperion measures the days and months.
Usage examples of "crius".
It would have been bad form for the Wizard to pass through Crius, for instance, without dropping in for a visit.
From it one could look west to the alpine wall of the Nemesis Range: jagged teeth backlighted by the fertile greens and blues of Crius, its northern lakes and southern plains curving up behind the mountains.
Chris joined them, and the difference between the Titanides of Crius and of Hyperion was immediately obvious.
Sooner or later they would notice that the expedition always stopped in the middle of a region, and there was no need to conceal the visit with Crius from anyone.
This was Crius, after all, and though he was only a subordinate God, Chris still remembered the bizarre grandeur of Gaea’s quarters.
There was a bright flash of light when it struck Crius, and red dots chased each other frantically over its surface.
Throughout it, Crius maintained an attitude that was not precisely subservient, yet left no doubt he knew well who was in charge.
Much of it was again meaningless, but at one point they discussed a malfunction in a particle accelerator that was part of Crius, deep beneath his surface.
What Crius would do with a particle accelerator was a mystery to Chris.
Even with a relatively sane one like Crius you never know what it’s going to be like from one visit to the next.
Coming from Crius, that’s like a billionaire starting to quote Karl Marx.
You aren’t doing them any favors by talking about Crius and his loyalty or lack of it.
The western end of the sea was in Crius, and thus in daylight, but it extended through the twilight zone and into the night of Phoebe.
Rhea’s a spook, and Crius is a toady—he did make a few unexpected remarks .
It did not take long to come around the curve of the corridor and into the presence of Tethys, who sat unmoving in her acid bath, just as Crius had done.