Uranus The King Essay

Hello and good morning! So for my speech instead of arguing over a topic, I am going to be narrating a story that most do not know but is something I believe would be interesting to all of you. This story centers around the Greek myths about the ruler ship of the world. Though I say that, you can also consider this a story that shows the complicated father-child relationships of Greek deities. The story starts off with the primordial god Uranus-who is also the ruler of the world-and his sons. Uranus he truly hated his children, to the point he imprisoned every single one of them in Tartarus which is the Greek equivalent of hell. Now the children were truly helpless against him, and no one would have been able to threaten him. However, things are never easy like that, unlike Uranus, his wife, Gaia, truly hated the fact her sons were tortured in Tartarus.
Not only was Cronus the only one the youngest of their sons, but he was also the only one who had the ambitions to do so. Anyway with the help of the sickle given by Gaia, he ambushed his father and successfully became the new ruler of the world. After becoming the new ruler, he married a female titan by the name of Rhea and had his own children. The problem with all of this was the history repeats itself even in myths. Kronos happened to learn that one day, his own son would overthrow him, and as such he gained this strange habit of swallowing every son of his. Again this method would have been fool proof had it not been for the wife. Rhea absolutely loved her children, and wished to take revenge not only for them but also Uranus. So instead of presenting their youngest son, Zeus, to Cronus, she instead hid Zeus until he was old enough to fight Cronus. Which he did, and with the help of his siblings he saved, he sealed most of the titans, including their father to Tartarus, where they have been, even up till