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5 unusual facts about Chronos


Bearing an Hourglass

Feeling depressed about the disastrous results of his affair with Orlene, Norton is approached by Gawain again, who offers Norton the position of Time (Chronos), where he must rule over all Earthly aspects of time.

CDC 6600

The unofficial MACE software was later chosen over the official SCOPE product as the basis of the next CDC operating system, Kronos, named after the Greek god of time.

Chronos

In the Disney short movie Destino, Chronos is portrayed falling in love with a mortal woman.

In the video game Smite, Chronos is a Mage type of god who has the power to manipulate time, and has skills that can make him one of the most powerful, dangerous and elusive heroes in the game.

Diachronous

A diachronous (Greek dia, through + Chronos) deposit in Geology is a sedimentary rock formation in which apparently similar material varies in age from place to place.


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Chrysler Chronos

The Chrysler Chronos has a similarity in design to the 1953 Chrysler D'Elegance concept car as well as a similarity to the production model Chrysler 300C.

Positive Lives

At the time, Bridle and Sollis owned Chronos Publishing, the company that published gay weekly magazines The Pink Paper and Boyz.

Zytglogge

The larger-than-life figure of bearded Chronos, the Greek personification of time, is traditionally nicknamed Hans von Thann by the Bernese.


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