Comparing Cronus And The Lightning Thief

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The Lightning Thief Summary

In the Myth Of Cronus,Cronus is known as the youngest of the Titans and the god of time.
Uranus,Cronus’ father,was embarrassed by the way his children looked (cyclops).
To put an end to his embarrassment,Uranus put all of his monstrous children in a pit under the earth.
Both the Cronus myth and The Lightning Thief share a similar theme of fate and prophecy because in both stories a figure is getting a prophecy.

I think that the theme in the Cronus myth was fate and prophecy.
“In order to be sure that he kept power and the prophecy did not come true…”
Uranus,Cronus’ father had predicted that his children would one day take his power from him.
“His father had predicted that this would happen”. Uranus had a prophecy

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