Shouldn't it be Cronus (Kronos) instead of Chronos?

[Survival_Science]

Because Chronos is the personification of time, and Cronus is the Titan of Time.

[UNBREAKABLE]

In this game they're the same entity for simplicity sake.

Personally I only remembered him as Kronos because I used to read Percy Jackson books ;p but I've adapted.

[Agent Syn]

Depending which language but the name still occurs wit hthe same guy.
English is Kronos.
French is Chronos.

[werwolfgaming]

Greek myth over time maybe cuz off language translations and all sometimes put the 2 as 1 titan/god while they were just 2 diffrent gods over time they have been seen as 1 diety

Basically in some texts they refer to them as diffrent in others they are used to describe the same god

At this point its up to ur own opinion wich one it is

[werwolfgaming]

Also to note another 1 off these is hades and zeus in some texts they are seen as diffrent gods but sometimes they are seen as the same god mel has also been seen as the child off both zeus and hades because off them being seen as the same person in some texts

[DaxiraxJr]

Does it not go without saying that the devs take some artistic liberties for simplicity or personal taste? They are not trying to recreate the stories or characters accurately. More so the theme and vibe.

[slothrop]

You can spell these things however you want. Its not like the Ancient Greeks had a canonical English spelling we can choose to use lol

[Rat Poison Consumer]

Don't forget Zag being possibly Dionysus too! Greek mythos is very much full of weird possible contradictions, in part cause of how well kept various stories were. Someone could have told one story different from another person, or people just change other characteristics

[Rat Poison Consumer]

Originally posted by DaxiraxJr:

Does it not go without saying that the devs take some artistic liberties for simplicity or personal taste? They are not trying to recreate the stories or characters accurately. More so the theme and vibe.

I would say that they're capturing the characters well enough without being 1 to 1 (zeus would knock the game up to AO if he was 100% accurate) But aalso you're rght

[Majestic_Monkey_]

I havent seen anyone mention this yet in this thread, but the titan (Cronus) had no time powers in the original mythos. The Greek incarnation of time (Khronos) was conflated with the titan in several places and forms of media (notably including Percy Jackson, which has a much greater influence on the modern interpretation/understanding of Greek myths than most people give it credit for), and so the idea of the titan Cronus having time powers (as well as a name starting with a K) stuck, and continues to be used in Greek fanfiction to date. The name he goes by is thus up to the person creating the depiction, since the character is both the titan and the incarnation of time anyway.

[Wintermute]

Originally posted by Majestic_Monkey_:

I havent seen anyone mention this yet in this thread, but the titan (Cronus) had no time powers in the original mythos. The Greek incarnation of time (Khronos) was conflated with the titan in several places and forms of media (most notably Percy Jackson), and so the idea of the titan Cronus having time powers (as well as a name starting with a K) stuck, and continues to be used in Greek fanfiction to date. The name he goes by is thus up to the person creating the depiction, since the character is both the titan and the incarnation of time anyway.

I'm pretty sure the whole metaphor of "time devouring its own children" goes back at least to Renaissance.

[Ciaran Zagami]

A lot of Hades lore is weird, basically he's both at once.

Another example is how in some early myths Hades himself was interchangeable with both his brothers. But Supergiant decided that it was always him as a separate being.

[Majestic_Monkey_]

Originally posted by Rat Poison Consumer:

Don't forget Zag being possibly Dionysus too! Greek mythos is very much full of weird possible contradictions, in part cause of how well kept various stories were. Someone could have told one story different from another person, or people just change other characteristics

There is a side quest in Hades 1 that indirectly deconfirms this as canon in the Hades series. In the side quest, Zagreus pranks Orpheus by telling him that Dionysus is his reincarnated self (after Dionysus convinces Zag to do so), and so Orpheus writes a song about it, thus securing it within Greek mythos . Because of this, we can safely assume it isn't canon in Hades.

[Majestic_Monkey_]

Originally posted by Wintermute:

Originally posted by Majestic_Monkey_:

I havent seen anyone mention this yet in this thread, but the titan (Cronus) had no time powers in the original mythos. The Greek incarnation of time (Khronos) was conflated with the titan in several places and forms of media (notably including Percy Jackson, which has a much greater influence on the modern interpretation/understanding of Greek myths than most people give it credit for), and so the idea of the titan Cronus having time powers (as well as a name starting with a K) stuck, and continues to be used in Greek fanfiction to date. The name he goes by is thus up to the person creating the depiction, since the character is both the titan and the incarnation of time anyway.

I'm pretty sure the whole metaphor of "time devouring its own children" goes back at least to Renaissance.

I don't doubt it in the slightest, and I meant to phrase my message in such a way as to allow for that assumption, but I agree I could've done a better job of this. It doesn't affect the purpose of the original message tho, which was to mention the conflation. Thanks for pointing it out tho!

[Rat Poison Consumer]

Originally posted by Majestic_Monkey_:

I havent seen anyone mention this yet in this thread, but the titan (Cronus) had no time powers in the original mythos. The Greek incarnation of time (Khronos) was conflated with the titan in several places and forms of media (notably including Percy Jackson, which has a much greater influence on the modern interpretation/understanding of Greek myths than most people give it credit for), and so the idea of the titan Cronus having time powers (as well as a name starting with a K) stuck, and continues to be used in Greek fanfiction to date. The name he goes by is thus up to the person creating the depiction, since the character is both the titan and the incarnation of time anyway.

i think Age of Mythology had done it even earlier, but I won't be surprised if Percy Jackson helped bring that to modern media

Plus Cronus is also the god of the harvest so you could argue some sort of time related metaphors there too

[Crater]

Originally posted by slothrop:

You can spell these things however you want. Its not like the Ancient Greeks had a canonical English spelling we can choose to use lol

There is a established consensus to translate the greek letter Chi as Ch and the greek letter Kappas a K.

And that isn't even what OP is asking about. OP is talking about the conflation between

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus

But this conflation occurred in the ancient world as well