His name means "Time" in Greek. The time which swallows everything. The idea to be dethroned by one of his children, like his father, obsessed him. This is the reason why as soon as his wife's Rhea (Cybele) gave birth to a baby, he swallowed him. Rhea was angry to lose her children. When she bore Zeus, she hid him in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete. Rhea wrapped a big stone in baby-clothes, and she gave it to Cronus. He swallowed it, without chewing and not realizing the truth.
