Apollo, Kronos’s Avenger? Divine Intergenerational Conflicts in Light of ‘The Curse of Kronos'
Apollo, Kronos’s Avenger? Divine Intergenerational Conflicts in Light of ‘The Curse of Kronos'

Summary/Abstract: Within the Greek mythos, supremacy among the gods passes down from father to son in a series of coups,from Ouranos to Kronos to Zeus; Zeus faces many pretenders to his throne but evades the fate of his father.The following article examines ancient Greek texts that represent Apollo as Zeus’s potential successor. I readreferences to Apollo’s unruliness against the so-called curse of Kronos (ἀρὰ Κρόνου, Prometheus Bound907‒12). I argue that analyzed texts insinuate that Apollo could have avenged his grandfather and restarted thedivine succession, a notion reframed by different authors to give Zeus another worthy challenger.

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