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In Greek mythology, Briareus (Briareos) or Aegaeon was a son of Uranus and Gaea. He was one of the Hekatoncheires, a giant with a hundred hands and fifty heads, who helped Zeus to conquer Cronos and his Titan allies, and guarded the Titans when they were imprisoned by Zeus in Tartarus.
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Cheiron was a centaur. He was a son of Cronos and Philyra. He learnt hunting and medicine from Apollo and Artemis.
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In Greek mythology, Cronos (Crunus) was a son of Uranus and Gaea. He succeeded to the throne of the gods when he castrated - with a flint sickle given him by his mother - and deposed Uranus at his mother's request. He married his sister Rhea.
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In Greek mythology the Curetes were attendants of Rhea. They were supposed to have saved the infant Zeus from his father Cronos and then to have become a sort of bodyguard of the god.
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Demeter was a Greek goddess of the earth. She is also called Ceres. She was the nourishing mother, bringing forth fruits. She was a daughter of Cronos and Rhea.
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The Erinys or Furiae also called Dirae, Eumenides, or Semnae - that is, the ' revered' goddesses - were, in Greek mythology, daughters of Night, or, according to another myth, of the Earth and Darkness, while a third account calls them offspring of Cronos and Eurynome. They were attendants of Hades and Persephone, and lived at the entrance to the lower world. Their first duty was to see to the punishment of those of the departed who, having been guilty of some crime on earth, had come down to the shades without obtaining atonement from the gods. At the command of the higher gods, sometimes of Nemesis, they appeared on earth pursuing criminals. Nothing escaped their sharp eyes as they followed the evil-doer with speed and fury, permitting him no rest.
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Hades was the Greek god of the underworld. He was a son of Cronos.
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In Greek mythology, the Hekatoncheires were three giants, each with a hundred hands and fifty heads. They were children of Gaea and Uranus. When they were born, Uranus pushed them back into Gaea's womb. In her resulting pain Gaea persuaded Cronos to castrate his father and overthrow him. When Cronos became supreme he was scared of the power of the Hekatoncheires and he too imprisoned them, locking them in Tartarus with their brothers the Cyclops.
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Hestia was a Greek goddess. She was a daughter of Cronos and Rhea. She was goddess of the hearth. She was also called Vesta.
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In Greek mythology, Iapetus was one of the Titans. He was a son of Uranus and Gaea, and brother of Cronos, Oceanus, Hyperion &c. He was the father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Moenoetius. After the war of the Titans against the gods he was imprisoned by Zeus in Tartarus
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