Kronos and Rhea
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On this red figure pelike (460 B.C.) in the New York Metropolitan Musuem, Kronos stands at the left as Rhea presents him with a rock in swaddling clothes. Thinking this is the newly born Zeus, Kronos will swallow the rock and ultimately be defeated by his son. |
| This painting by Goya shows Kronos devouring one of his children. | . |

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