Kronos - Defeated in War

Which leaves us with the million-drachma question: What happened to Kronos?
There are a lot of different stories. Most agree that the Crooked One was dug out of the rubble and brought before Zeus. Most say he was bound in chains like the other Titans and tossed into Tartarus.
According to some later traditions—and I kind of like this version—Zeus took his father’s scythe and sliced him up the way Kronos had sliced up Ouranos. Kronos was thrown into Tartarus in teeny-tiny pieces. Supposedly, that’s where we get the idea of Father Time with his scythe, being deposed every January first by Baby New Year—though it’s difficult to imagine Zeus in a diaper and a party hat.
Some versions claim that Zeus released Kronos from Tartarus many years later—either to live out his retirement in Italy, or to rule the Isles of the Blest in Elysium. Personally, I don’t buy that. It doesn’t make sense if you believe that Kronos was chopped to bits. And if you know Zeus, you know he’s not exactly the forgive-and-forget type.
Anyway, Kronos was done. The age of the Titans was over.

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