Kratos (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Kratos or Cratus (Ancient Greek: Κράτος, English translation: "power") is the son of Pallas and Styx and the personification of strength and power.[1][2] Kratos and his siblings—Nike ("victory"), Bia ("Violence"), and Zelus ("zeal")—are the winged enforcers (sky tides) of the Olympian God Zeus. He makes an appearance in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, in which he is one of the trio that binds the titular Titan, the other two being Hephaestus and Bia.[3]
In popular culture[edit]
Kratos is the protagonist's namesake in the God of War videogame series for Sony's Playstation.
References[edit]
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 383 ff
- ^ Bibliotheca 1. 9
- ^ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 1 ff
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