Crius.
A Titan branch of the heavens
Crius (Krios): Greek Titan, Family and Descendantsis one of the twelve original . Through his children with Eurybia, his family leads toward the stars and winds, the companions of , and the goddess .
More than a myth.
A child of Earth and Sky
names among the born from and . Unlike , he receives no long individual succession story in the . His importance emerges from the way the poet arranges later divine families, making an apparently brief name part of a much wider network of relationships.
Eurybia and the three sons
and Eurybia have Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Astraeus and become parents of winds and stars. Pallas and have and her siblings, who join . Perses and Asteria have . Naming these branches makes his place concrete without inventing adventures that the surviving account does not supply.
Reading modern domain claims carefully
is sometimes described in modern lists as a god of constellations. His descendants have celestial connections, but ’s cited passage does not give him that explicit office. and a personal divine domain are different kinds of information. For this profile, the family is the strongest starting point.
Questions about Crius
Who are Crius’s children?
names Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses, born to and Eurybia. These three sons connect several later divine households.
How is Crius related to Hecate?
He is her paternal grandfather in : fathers Perses, and Perses and Asteria have .
It’s a family affair.
The stories of Crius.
Continue with the ancient accounts.
This story collection does not yet include a full retelling centered on Crius. Explore the cited sources below and the connected profiles for more of the surviving accounts.
Ancient voices.
Enduring stories.
Myths have many tellings. These are the ancient works behind this profile, linked to freely available English translations.
Theogony
Lines 133–138, 375–411