Crius

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Greek deities series
Primordial deities
Olympians
Aquatic deities
Chthonic deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Titans
The Twelve Titans:
Oceanus and Tethys,
Hyperion and Theia,
Coeus and Phoebe,
Cronus and Rhea,
Mnemosyne, Themis,
Crius, Iapetus
Sons of Iapetus:
Atlas, Prometheus,
Epimetheus, Menoetius

In Greek mythology, Crius (Kreios) was one of the Titans, a son of Uranus and Gaia. He was overthrown in the Titanomachy.

He was involved in the ten year long war between the Olympian and Titanian gods. After Zeus (the leader of the Olympian) went to Gaea to ask for help and she said to release the Cyclops and the hundred handed ones, the war was lost and Crius was banished to the lower basement of Hades (hell) called Tartarus.

With Eurybia, he was the father of Pallas.

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