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Κρόνος

Κρόνος, Cronus

Κρόνος, ὁ,
  • Cronos, Hes. Th. 137, Op. 111, Il. 8.479, 14.203, A. Pr. 203, Eu. 641; οἷς δὴ βασιλεὺς Κ. ἦν ‘in the golden age’, Cratin. 165; ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος Arist. Ath. 16.7.—Later interpreted as, = χρόνος, cf. Arist. Mu. 401a15.
      • 2 ὁ τοῦ Κ. (sc. ἀστήρ) the planet Saturn, Id. Metaph. 1073b35, Mu. 392a24, 399a11; so later Κρόνος, ὁ, Placit. 2.32.1, Cleom. 2.7; ἡ τοῦ Κ. ἡμέρα Saturday, D.C. 37.16.
    • II nickname for a dotard, old fool, Ar. Nu. 929, V. 1480, Pl. Euthd. 287b, Hyp. Fr. 252.

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