Dare to Fight Fate?

A reoccurring theme throughout The Creation of the Titans and the Gods is the idea of Cronus trying to fight the Fates. The concept of people battling and attempting to cheat their fate is still relevant to today’s society. I am not saying I believe that everyone is born with a predetermined fate that is their destiny, what I am trying to say is that some people (especially ancient Greeks), believe that once your fate is determined, there is no way for you to change it. Essentially to them, your fate is your destiny. Cronus’s story follows this very belief. His arrogance and selfishness to rule for eternity lead himself to believe that he could in fact “fool the Fates”. Even though they had prophesied that one of his own sons would overpower him, he believed if he ate every one of his children, it could never be true. But thinking he could get away with that was naïve and one day it eventually caught up with him. Cronus was inevitably trapped by his fate and was overpowered by his sons.