In
Greek mythology,
Crius,
Kreios or
Krios (, Κριός) was one of the
Titans in the list given in
Hesiod's
Theogony, a son of
Uranus and
Gaia. The least individualized among the Titans he was overthrown in the
Titanomachy.
M. L. West has suggested how Hesiod filled out the complement of Titans from the core group—adding three figures from the archaic tradition of
Delphi,
Coeus,
Phoibe, whose name
Apollo assumed with the oracle, and
Themis. Among possible further interpolations among the Titans was Crius, whose interest for Hesiod was as the father of
Perses and grandfather of
Hecate, for whom Hesiod was, according to West, an "enthusiastic evangelist".