museum-digital
CTRL + Y
en

Chronos

"Chronos (/ˈkroʊnɒs/; Greek: Χρόνος, [kʰrónos] IPA: /ˈχrɔːnɒˌs/; Meaning - "time"), also spelled Khronos or Chronus, is the personification of time in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature.

Chronos already was confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the Titan Cronus in antiquity due to the similarity in names. The identification became more widespread during the Renaissance, giving rise to the allegory of "Father Time" wielding the harvesting scythe.

He was depicted in Greco-Roman mosaics as a man turning the Zodiac Wheel. Chronos might also be contrasted with the deity Aion as cyclical Time (see aeon). Chronos is usually portrayed as an old, wise man with a long, grey beard, similar to Father Time. In some Greek sources, Kairos is mentioned as a brother of Chronos. However, other sources point out that it is his son." - (en.wikipedia.org 25.09.2020)

What we know

Background

father of Poseidon [son of], Rhea [mother of]

Sources & Mentions

Objects and visualizations

Relations to objects

Pendule auf hohem PiedestalWanduhr aus der Diele von Haus HarkortenMedaille von Philipp Heinrich Müller auf die Jahrhundertwende, 1700Stammbuchblatt des Johann Krieg: Junger Mann mit Saturn oder ChronosKaminplatte mit Darstellung des ChronosCarl Ludwig Buschberg, Stutzuhr mit Chronos und Aeternitas auf Sockel, um 1775,
Show objects

Relations to actor

This actor (left) is related to objects with which other actors (right) are related to

[Relation to person or institution] Chronos
[Relation to person or institution] Harkort (Familie)

Was depicted (Actor) Chronos

Show relations to actors

Genealogy

[Last update: ]