Light of the Corona: Son of Apollo

When Zeus overthrew his father, Cronus, and became king of the gods, Cronus remembered the curse-like prophecy his own father had laid upon him: his descendants would overthrow his rule. Now that the curse had come true, Cronus placed the same curse on Zeus: Zeus’s reign would be overthrown by his own descendants.

Years passed. Zeus continued to rule Olympus and Greece as before, and the prophecy seemed to have faded away. But when Apollo’s son, Leos, was born, the priestess at the Oracle of Delphi “saw” a prophecy: “When sun and moon shine as one, the old crown falls and a new crown is bestowed.” Upon hearing it, Zeus remembered his father’s curse...

And so the story of a new king begins...