After defeating his father, The titan Cronos married his sister Rhea. They had six children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus. Cronos swallowed the first five children because a prophecy told him that one of his children would overthrow him. Rhea then tricked Cronos with the sixth child, Zeus. Instead of handing Cronos the child, she gave him a rock in a blanket. Cronos swallowed it believing it was the baby. Rhea then brought Zeus to the island of Crete to be raised by nymphs. Zeus returned later to defeat his evil father, free his sibling, and win the battle between the Olympians and the
