Uranus

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In Greek mythology, Uranus ( YOOR-ə-nəs, also yoo-RAY-nəs), sometimes written Ouranos (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός, lit. 'sky', [uːranós]), is the personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities. According to Hesiod, Uranus was the son and husband of Gaia (Earth), with whom he fathered the first generation of Titans.

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Uranus. The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn · Giorgio Vasari / Cristoforo GherardiImage source ↗Public domain

Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“but fair Aphrodite flung herself upon the knees of her mother Dione. She clasped her daughter in her arms, and stroked her with her hand and spake to her, saying: Who now of the sons of heaven, dear child, hath entreated thee thus wantonly, as though thou wert working some evil before the face of all?”
Il. 5.370–374

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The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn
The Mutilation of Uranus by SaturnGiorgio Vasari · 1565Palazzo VecchioInv. 517

Giorgio Vasari. The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn. Palazzo Vecchio. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5489695

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