title: Uranos
text: Uranos is the sky in Greek mythology. It is also spelt Ouranos, and in Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός - "sky" or "heaven".  He is the son and husband of the primordial goddess Gaia and father of the Titans Hekatonkheires, and Elder Cyclopes. 
  His Roman equivalent was Caelus, the husband of Terra, as Gaia was known to the Romans.
  
  The planet Uranus is named after Uranos. So is the radioactive chemical element uranium.
  
  Related pages 
   Hesiod
   Theogony
  
  Greek gods and goddesses