Ouranos

Ouranos is Sky as a divine figure in the Greek poet HesiodHesiodGreek poet whose major work is generally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, including the Theogony.Glossary · Click to read the explanation’s TheogonyHesiod’s TheogonyGreek poem on divine generations and Zeus’s kingship; its surviving form does not identify all of Hesiod’s sources.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. The poem makes him father of KronosKronosGreek divine figure and Zeus’s father; Hesiod connects his reign with struggles between divine generations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and other children with Gaia, Earth. His conflict with Gaia and their children occurs early in divine succession. ^[1]

Gaia devises the plan Kronos carries out with a sickle. Here Ouranos is the sky god and a narrative figure; context distinguishes this name from modern planetary usage. ^[1][2]