In Greek mythology, Cronius (Ancient Greek: Κρόνιον Kronios means "of Cronus"[1]) was the son of the Rhodian nymph Himalia and Zeus.
[2] When Cronius and his brothers were still young men, Aphrodite travelling from Cythera to Cyprus, dropped near Rhodes but was prevented by the sons of Poseidon and Halia.
[3] Jennifer Larson observes that the dictionary compiler Hesychius of Alexandria gives ίμαλιά.
denoting an abundance of wheat meal, and notes the agricultural connotations of the sons' names: "Spartaios recalls sowing, and Kytos means a basket or jar.
Kronios denotes a descendant of Kronos, the god of the Golden Age",[4] a mythic time of ease and abundance.