He killed him with a sickle. And, by the way, the goddess of love and beauty (Aphrodite) was created when his Uranus's body parts were thrown into the sea and caused sea foam. Yum (sarcasm).
His father Uranus.
Uranus
Cronus didn't hide any children. It was his father, Uranus, who hid Cronus' brothers, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes.
The father of Cronus was Uranus, the sky. The mother was Gaea, or Mother Earth.
Cronus killed his father, Uranus, because he sought to overthrow him and seize power. Uranus had imprisoned Cronus's siblings, the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires, in Tartarus, leading Cronus to resent him. With the encouragement of his mother, Gaia, Cronus ambushed Uranus with a sickle and castrated him, thus fulfilling his desire for power and control over the universe. This act set off a chain of events that would lead to Cronus's own downfall.
Cronus to his father Uranus and Zeus to his father Cronus
His father Uranus.
Uranus
Uranus (or Ouranus) was the father to Gaia, the Earth's, children, one of them being the titan Cronus.
Uranus is not named after Apollo. Uranus is named for Uranus/Ouranos (Heavens) who was the father of Cronus, the father of Zeus, who fathered Apollo.
Cronus, the father of Zeus, was the son of Uranus. Thus, Uranus is the grandfather of Zeus.
Cronus didn't hide any children. It was his father, Uranus, who hid Cronus' brothers, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes.
Cronus is Zeus's father in Greek mythology. He was a Titan who overthrew his own father, Uranus, and then was later overthrown by Zeus, his son, in a similar fashion.
The father of Cronus was Uranus, the sky. The mother was Gaea, or Mother Earth.
Cronus killed his father, Uranus, because he sought to overthrow him and seize power. Uranus had imprisoned Cronus's siblings, the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires, in Tartarus, leading Cronus to resent him. With the encouragement of his mother, Gaia, Cronus ambushed Uranus with a sickle and castrated him, thus fulfilling his desire for power and control over the universe. This act set off a chain of events that would lead to Cronus's own downfall.
Cronus/Kronos did not ever become an ultimate 'god'. He was a titan.
Cronus defeated his farther Uranus because his mother Gaia wanted him to overthrow Uranus and free his brothers, the Cyclopes, and the hundred handed monsters.