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  • It is said to have been on the eighth day of the month Kronion, which is now called Hekatombeion, that he came to his own city.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • Julian and Kronion were scourged through the city on camels, and then burnt to death.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • Old Kronion rocked and sent a landslide down over the treasure houses.

    Buried Cities, Volume 2 Olympia Jennie Hall 1898

  • Old Kronion rocked and sent a landslide down over the treasure houses.

    Buried Cities, Complete Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae Jennie Hall 1898

  • I perceive that of good will Kronion vouchsafest me victory and great glory, and to the Danaans destruction.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • Hard will he find it, with all his lust for war, to overcome their strength and their hands invincible, and to fire the ships, unless Kronion himself send down on the swift ships a burning brand.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • But Agamemnon king of men slew a fat bull of five years to most mighty Kronion, and called the elders, the princes of the Achaian host,

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • Kronion spake, and bowed his dark brow, and the ambrosial locks waved from the king's immortal head; and he made great Olympus quake.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • A great evil it is if I flee, in dread of the throng; yet worse is this, if I be taken all alone, for the other Danaans bath Kronion scattered in flight.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • Kronion seizes in his hand and brandishes from radiant Olympus, showing forth a sign to mortal men, and far seen are the flames thereof.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

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