Families are families, and stories are stories—and art, over the centuries, hasn’t held back in capturing the faces and tales that shaped the world. One of the most endlessly inspiring family sagas? The whole origin, drama, and reign of the universe according to mythology—especially the Greek myths. So let’s dive into the beginning of Zeus’ story, the son who avenged his siblings and served his dad a taste of his own medicine.
Back at the dawn of time (according to Hesiod), Uranus was running the show, embodying that "I can do whatever I want" energy. Uranus was the son—and also the husband—of Gaia (Mother Earth), who’d basically pulled a solo act and created him without any male help. Together, they spawned the first generation of Titans, including good ol’ Cronus.
Now, like countless power-hungry kids throughout history, Cronus had his eyes on Dad’s throne. Uranus, who was not exactly winning any Father of the Year awards, had already ticked off Gaia by locking up their kids—the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires (giant dudes with a hundred hands)—in Tartarus (mythology’s version of a max-security hellhole).
Gaia, furious and done with Uranus’ nonsense, rallied her Titan kids to take him out. Cronus, ever the ambitious one, stepped up.
But the mighty Cronus, of twisted mind, summoned courage, and immediately responded to his prudent mother with these words: "Mother, I promise I could accomplish such a task, for I feel no pity for our abominable father; for he was the first to plot hateful deeds."
(Hesiod, Theogony)
Armed with a giant sickle (courtesy of Gaia), he straight-up castrated his dad and kicked him off the throne. From Uranus’ blood spilled on Gaia, the Furies were born—because, of course, family drama always escalates. Cronus (aka Saturn in Roman myth) became the new king of the world. But as the saying goes, what goes around comes around.
In these messed-up family sagas, incest, betrayal, and prophecies are basically the norm. So Cronus, after castrating his dad and tossing his… *ahem*… leftovers into the ocean (which later spawned Aphrodite, because myths are wild), married his sister Rhea. They had a bunch of kids, but Cronus—being just as power-hungry as Uranus—wasn’t about to share.
From the romance between Cronus and Rhea, six children were born, the first five: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon. A prophecy claimed one of his kids would overthrow him, so he did the logical thing: he swallowed them whole as soon as they were born.
Rhea, not cool with this, hid their sixth kid, Zeus, in Crete and tricked Cronus into eating a rock instead.
Zeus (Jupiter to our Roman friends) was raised by the goat Amalthea and some nymphs, with regular visits from Rhea, who basically homeschooled him in 'How to Overthrow Your Dad 101'. When Zeus grew up, he served Cronus a taste of his own medicine , he force-fed him a nasty potion that made him puke up all the kids he’d swallowed (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon), who came out alive, pissed off, and ready to ride with Zeus. And just like that, the era of the Olympian gods began.
In Mexico, the phrase " taste of his own medicine" is actually said "darle una cucharada de su propio chocolate" literally translated as to "give someone a spoonful of their own chocolate". The origin of this popular proverb traces back to 1625 in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Legend has it that women used to sip hot chocolate and gossip during the never-ending sermons on Sundays, which pissed off the local bishop, Bernardino de Salazar y Frías. He banned the beverage in order to curtail the chit chatting, so the ladies ditched his cathedral and started attending mass at the local convent. Then, one day, the bishop mysteriously dropped dead—poisoned, allegedly by a chocolate drink. Ever since, the phrase means giving someone a dose of their own cruelty or a taste of his own medicine”
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