when rhea was pregnant with her sixth child she was determined not to let her husband swallow it also after giving birth to a son she wrapped a stone in a blanket to give to her husband Cronus quickly swallowed the stone not realizing it was not the newborn baby rhea hid her son on the island of Crete she named him Zeus and waited for him to grow up
when rhea thought Zeus was strong enough to challenge his father she gave Zeus a potion to give Cronus as soon as the king drank it he began to vomit one by one Zeus older brother and sister were thrown from Cronus heaving mouth
when Cronus realized what was happening he knew that Zeus was his child Uranus curse was coming true Gasping and weak Cronus fled the palace to gather his strength and to call for help from his brother and sister
Zeus and his siblings were much weaker than their father generation Zeus took them to Mt.Olympus to organize A Titan named Prometheus joined them Prometheus name meant "forethought" because he could see into the future he saw that Zeus would win this war.