Editing Chronos (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Greek personification of time}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Cronus]], the Titan father of Zeus}}
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[[File:Pierre Mignard (1610-1695) - Time Clipping Cupid's Wings (1694).jpg|thumb|''Time Clipping Cupid's Wings'' (1694), by [[Pierre Mignard]]]]
'''Chronos''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|oʊ|n|ɒ|s|,_|-|oʊ|s}}; {{Langx|grc|Χρόνος|translit=Khronos|lit=Time}}; {{IPA|el|kʰrónos|}}, <small>Modern Greek:</small> {{IPA|el|'xronos|}}), also spelled '''Chronus''', is a [[personification]] of time in [[Greek mythology]], who is also discussed in [[pre-Socratic philosophy]] and later literature.<ref>''[[A Greek–English Lexicon|LSJ]]'' s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D*kro%2Fnos Κρόνος].</ref>

Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the [[Titans|Titan]], [[Cronus]], in antiquity, due to the similarity in names.<ref>''[[A Greek–English Lexicon|LSJ]]'' s.v. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D*kro%2Fnos Κρόνος]; Meisner, p. 145.</ref> The identification became more widespread during the Renaissance, giving rise to the iconography of [[Father Time]] wielding the harvesting scythe.<ref>Macey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=waRlAgAAQBAJ&q=site%3A+edu+cronus+as+renaissance+father+of+time&pg=PA209 p. 209].</ref>

Greco-Roman mosaics depicted Chronos as a man turning the [[zodiac wheel]].<ref>Delaere, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ypdoE4w2P1gC&q=Greco-Roman+mosaics+as+a+man+turning+the+Zodiac+Wheel&pg=PA97 p. 97].</ref> He is comparable to the [[Aion (deity)|deity Aion]] as a symbol of cyclical time.<ref>Levi, p. 274.</ref> He is usually portrayed as an old callous man with a thick grey beard, personifying the destructive and stifling aspects of time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcus Tullius |first=Cicero |title=De Natura Deorum, § 2.64 |url=https://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=137}}</ref>