Uranus banishes his children. Uranus , for some reason or other, hated these children of his and hid them away in a secret place on earth or, as others say, cast them into Tartarus, which is a gloomy place in the Underworld as far distant from earth as earth is from the sky. However, Gaia , grieved at the destruction of her gifted children, and being strained and stretched with so many giant beings inside her, planned the destruction of her own husband and his rule as a way to set them and herself free. Cronos eager to revolt. And when Uranus by night approached Gaia longing for love, Cronos came out from his hiding place and cut off his father's genitals, throwing them into the sea behind his back at cape Drepanum in Achaea .
Power changes the mind.
But Power changes the mind, whereas there is no mind able to change the nature of Power. So, when Cronos became the ruler, he started seeing things much as the predecessor he had dethroned, and soon he again bound and shut his brethren up in the same dark depth. The Punishment of Neoptolemus . Soon Cronos was prophetically informed by his parents that he would be dethroned by his own son. Cronos devours his offspring.