Freud and Kronos
Abstract
In one of Freud's uncompleted works, published posthumously, reference is made to Kronos eating his children and being castrated by his son, Zeus, in retaliation. However, inspection of extant versions of the myth shows Zeus banishing but not castrating his father, whereas Kronos had previously castrated his own father, Uranus. The reasons for Freud's error are a point of speculation.
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