The battle of the Titanomachy
One day in Olympia, the Titan, Cronus, was heading to meet a prophet to see if there was anything new that he should know about. “One day, in the near future, one of your kids will overthrow you,” said the prophet. Knowing this, Cronus lived in constant fear that he would lose his power to one of his kids.
Cronus was so scared that one of his children would be stronger than him that he ate all of his kids when they were where born. Rhea, the wife of Cronus, did not like the idea of Cronus eating her kids, so she and her mother-in-law made a plan to hide her next baby, Zeus, from Cronus. Rhea fed Cronus a rock in a blanket instead of giving him Zeus. Then when that was done, she hid Zeus on an island far away to keep him safe.
“Mom, why are we hiding?”Zeus asked his mother. His mom always replied with the same thing. “I'll tell you when your older,” said Rhea to Zeus. It was like that until Zeus turned fourteen. When Rhea finally told Zeus what Cronus did to his brothers and sisters, he grew hatred towards his father, so he made a plan to kill Cronus.
When Zeus finally became an adult, and after intense training, he was ready to kill his father. He knew once he attacked his father that he would be declaring war against the Titans, but that did not seem to scare Zeus because he was planning to fight alongside his siblings.
Zeus had successfully wiggled his way into his father's palace, and when he found his father, Zeus poisoned Cronus' drink to make him throw up all of his siblings. “I don't feel so good,” said Cronus as he hit the floor. Seeing Cronus hit the floor felt so great for Zeus because he felt like his father needed to feel greater pain.
When Crous threw up all of the Olympians, they quickly got ready for battle. “Listen you old man, I'm going to take you down for what you did to my siblings!” said Zeus
“How dare you speak to your father that way, you ungrateful brat? You had the honor of being my son. You should be thanking me,” Cronus replied to Zeus.
The Titans in full support of Cronus started a war with the Olympians. This war was known as the Titanomachy, and it went on for ten years with both sides having massive losses. During the whole war, things always seemed to be in the Titan’s favor.
Zeus heard of creatures known as Cyclops, and these creatures were supposed to be the best weapon makers in the world. So Zeus decided to make them part of his team. After months of searching, Zeus finally located them. They were being kept captive in an underground building by Cronus.
Zeus and his team went out on a rescue mission to save the Cyclops. They knew the risk that came with it, but if they wanted any chance of winning the war, they needed the weapons the Cyclops could make for them.
When they successfully snuck into the prison and found the Cyclops, Zeus said, “Do you swear that you will be loyal to us and help us battle the Titans? If so, in return, I will free you from this prison!”
“Yes, we do swear,” the Cyclops responded.
Some time passed after the Cyclops joined the team, and the Cyclops created the trident for Poseidon, the thunderbolt for Zeus, and the helmet of invisibility for Hades. With these weapons, the power of these three brothers increased by a lot.
With these new weapons, the Olympians were winning each battle they fought. Feeling overwhelmed by the power of the three gods and their new weapons, the Titans and Cronus surrendered. Zeus did not want to kill his father and the Titans, so he imprisoned them in Tartarus, so that they would no longer be a threat to anyone.
When it was all done, the Olympians celebrated their victory and went back to living their normal lives, with the exception of Zeus. Zeus became the king of Olympia and was in charge of everything. All of that fame went to his head though, he went on to cheat on his wife Hera, and he had 140 kids and 115 other girl friends.
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Cronus, the king of Titans had, eaten all of his children. It was up to Zeus, the god of thunder and the only child to escape, to save his siblings and win the war of Titanomachy against his father and the Titans.