# Chronos — The End of the World character guide

> Chronos in The End of the World by Geoffrey Dennis.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0013-which-first

## Who they are

Personification of time in Greek myth, used as a metaphor for endings.

## In the story

### [Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_end_of_the_world_se/chapters/cold)

Mentioned in the context of the sun's many names across mythologies, including Helios, Phaethon, and Phoebus Apollo.

### [Some Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_end_of_the_world_se/chapters/some-time)

Mentioned in the context of new theories of time and as a figure whose scythe is swerved by modern physicists.

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