To prevent this, Saturn ate his children moments after each was born, eating the gods Vesta , Ceres , Juno , Pluto , and Neptune . His wife Ops ( Rhea ) eventually hid his sixth child and third son, Jupiter ( Zeus ), on the island of Crete , deceiving Saturn by offering a stone wrapped in swaddling in his place.
- 143.5 cm × 81.4 cm (56.5 in × 32.0 in)
- Francisco Goya
- c. 1819–1823
To prevent this, Saturn ate his children moments after each was born. His wife Ops eventually hid his third son, Jupiter, on the island of Crete, and deceived Saturn by offering a stone wrapped in swaddling in his place.
Saturn, who was the previous king of the gods, began to swallow the children that he had with his wife,(Greek equivalent Rhea), when they were born. This was because he had been warned that one of his children would overthrow him. Saturn swallowed the children Neptune, Pluto, Ceres, Juno and Vesta.
To prevent this, Saturn ate his children moments after each was born. His wife Ops eventually hid his third son, Jupiter, on the island of Crete, deceiving Saturn by offering a stone wrapped in swaddling in his place. Jupiter eventually supplanted his father just as the prophecy had predicted.
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