Cratus (Crato s; Krato s; Strength) Greek The personification of strength; a demigod or lesser god; son of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; brother of Nike (Victory), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal).
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Cratus (Crato s; Krato s; Strength) Greek The personification of strength; a demigod or lesser god; son of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; brother of Nike (Victory), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal). Cratus and his siblings, winged creatures who moved very quickly, served as guards and attendants to Zeus. Their mother had sided with the great god in his battle with Cronus and the Titans, and had brought her children, Cratus, Nike, Bia, and Zelus, to serve with her. To Cratus and Bia fell the task of carrying out the punishment of the god Prometheus, who had given fire to humans. They chained him to a rock high in the mountains, where each day a vulture plucked at his liver and each night the organ grew back. The Roman counterpart to Cratus was Potestas.
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- Zelus (Zelos; Zeal, Strife) Greek The personification of rivalry, envy, jealousy, and eagerness; a demigod or lesser god; son of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; brother of Nike (Victory), Bia (Force), and Cratus (Strength).
- Nike (Nice; Victory) Greek The spirit of victory; a demigod or lesser goddess; daughter of the Titan Pallas and the water Nymph Styx; sister of Bia (Force), Cratus (Strength), and Zelus (Zeal).
- Oceanids (Oceanides) Greek The many daughters of the two Titan deities, Oceanus, the ancient god of water, and his wife and sister, Tethys.
- Rhadamanthus (Rhadamanthys) Greek Son of Europa and the god Zeus; brother of Minos and Sarpedon.
- Metis (Wisdom) Greek A Titan, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, an Oceanid, or ocean Nymph, who was counted among the Titans.