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Which gods are the children of Cronus and Rhea in Hesiod's Theogony?
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Hesiod, detail of a mosaic by Monnus, 3rd century; in the Rhenish State Museum, Trier, Germany.
According to Hesiodβs Theogony, Cronus and Rhea had six children. These children are:12
In the myth, Cronus swallowed the first five of these children at birth due to a prophecy that he would be overthrown by one of his own offspring. Rhea saved the youngest, Zeus, by hiding him in Crete and substituting a stone for Cronus to swallow instead.312