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"Chronos is the god of hunting, | do you believe, Diana? | The arrow in my belly | it's a sundial. | I browse calendars with a single day, Monday, | I haven't solved the mystery. (Caparezza)"
"As a solid measure, time derives from the movement of sky. In it time begins, from it sprang, apparently, Cronos, who is Chronos (time). This Crono-Chronos is the creator of time. (Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius)"
"First a golden lineage of mortal men | made the immortals who have the Olympian abodes. | They were in the days of Kronos, when he reigned in heaven; | they lived like gods, without worries in their hearts, | far & safe from pain & misery, nor sad | old age came, but always equally strong in legs & arms, | at banquets they rejoiced, far from all evils; | they died as if overcome by sleep, & all sorts of goods | he was there for them; its fruit gave the fertile land | without work, rich & abundant, & they, happy, | in peace, they shared the fruits of their labor among infinite goods, | rich in herds, dear to the blessed gods. (Hesiod)"
"If Chronos had had to use someone as an example, perhaps he would have identified with Hamlet in his moments of maximum introspection, or with Jacques at the height of his morbid self-indulgence. The Seagull's Konstantin with a hint of Morrissey, & yet there was also something of Macbeth in him, and not a little of Hannibal Lecter, as we will see. Cronos was the first to discover that a brooding silence is often taken for a sign of strength, wisdom and power. He was the youngest of the twelve, and had always hated his father. The deep, penetrating poison of envy & resentment was shattering his mental health, yet he had managed to hide the intensity of his hatred from everyone except his devoted sister Rhea, the only member of the family with whom he felt enough in confidence to reveal his true nature. (Stephen Fry)"
"Τιτῆνες; according to Hesiod meaning "straining ones," the source of the word "titan", but this etymology is disputed."
"Notably, Lucian does not call Saturnalia by that name."