A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 513
have all been called the birthplace of Zeus, but the commonaccount, and the one generally followed is, that because Cronusswallowed his children as soon as born, Rhea applied to Uranus andGe (Heaven and Earth) for assistance before the birth of Zeus, inorder that the child might be saved. They sent… … Zeus. (Medal ID British Museum.) ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 497 to bring up the children he had swallowed : first came the stone,which was afterwards set up at Delphi by Zeus. The Cyclopeswhom Cronus had fettered were liberated by Zous, and in grati-tude they gave him thunder and lightning. lie also freed…
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