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Kratos (mythology)
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Kratos (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Kratos
or
Cratus
(
Ancient Greek
: Κράτος,
English translation
: "State") is the son of
Pallas
and
Styx
and the personification of authority in all its forms. Kratos and his siblings—
Nike
("victory"),
Bia
("force/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.
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