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Relationship Between Cronus And The Lightning Thief
Cronus did not want his kids to overthrow him.The goddess Metis had made Cronus drink a potion and when he drunk it made him sick and made him throw up his children.When zeus dethroned his father cronus and was banished from his kingdom and deprived forever of the supreme power and cronus son now became supreme god. The struggle of powerconnects the cronus and the lightning thief.Cronus was going to be killed by one of his friends and his cat was that zeus killed him.This quote means that cronus was going to be killed by one of his friends .Cronus thought he could fix the problem by swallowing his children This quote means that cronus is trying to stop his children from taking control of him.My conclusion is that cronus swallowed his children and he betrayed his son. The lightning thief

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