Chronos (/ ˈkroʊnɒs, - oʊs /; Ancient Greek: Χρόνος, romanized: Khronos, lit. 'Time'; [kʰrónos], Modern Greek: ['xronos]), also spelled Chronus, is a personification of time in Greek mythology, who is also discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. [1]

Father Time is a personification of time. In recent centuries, he is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, sometimes with wings , dressed in a robe and carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping device.

It is crucial to distinguish Chronos from Cronus, the Titan father of Zeus. While Cronus is a figure in the Olympian pantheon associated with the harvest and often depicted with a sickle, Chronos is a primordial deity embodying the concept of time.

The figure of Khronos was essentially a cosmological double of the Titan Kronos (Cronus) ("Father Time"). The Orphics sometimes merged Khronos with the creator-god Phanes , and also equated him with the Titan Ophion .

In Greek mythology, Chronos was the king of titans and the father of Zeus. Chronos was also known as Father Time, and he was associated with the idea of time as a chronological sequence. Kairos, on the other hand, was the god of the right moment or opportunity.

Chronus was a god of the Greek pantheon, and was considered to be the personification of Time, and so was regarded as Father Time.

Jun 18, 2020 · Greek mythology came to recognize Cronos (or alternatively, Kronos, Chronos, or Cronus) as the King of Titans and the god of time. In ancient Greek artwork, Cronos looks like a slightly younger man than the modern Father Time, and he sometimes has wings.

Jan 14, 2024 · It is important to note that Chronos is the primordial being of time, not to be confused with Cronus the Titan, the father of the gods of Olympus, two completely different figures. Both share the same name, but represent different concepts and figures in …

Jun 22, 2020 · Sometimes thought of as the god of time, and at other times seen as a force of destructive power, Chronos rose from being the youngest son of the ruling god to being the king of all the deities. Both he and his father were undone by the same oversight, however.

Feb 13, 2013 · It is easy to confuse the Greek god of time, Chronos (Χρόνος), with Zeus’ Titan father, Kronos (Κρόνος). So easy, in fact, that the conflation has been made for over two thousand years. The Greeks conflated them regularly, at least according to Plutarch.