The Voice of Allan Zade
Hence, from the ancient Greeks' point of view, Chronos alone gave them the right indication of the sundial each day and was responsible for managing changes in sundial readings according to the current moment of the day. Looking back to an example of dialogue between an athlete and his master, we can imagine the next step in their conversation.
The wise, bearded older man, a preceptor of the young athlete, asked him a question. "Aeolos (that name means "quick-moving"), what does Chronos tell us now?" Aeolos understood his preceptor and ran down the street from the gymnasium to the downtown, where a sizeable seasonal sundial was installed for general use. As soon as Aeolos reached the sundial, he looked at its indication. The pointer casts a shadow just to the seventh line drawn on the internal surface of the hemisphere according to the curve of the current day. The athlete returned to the gymnasium and told his preceptor, "Master, seven hours have passed since the beginning of the day!" The older man nodded. He understood that the young athletes had two extra hours to complete their exercises for the day. As soon as Chronos tells the hour number nine, all exercises in the gymnasium must be finished, and all athletes will go to their homes until tomorrow. They have three extra hours to the sunset to complete their tasks at home until the Sun hides behind the horizon.
Ancient people had no problem understanding Chronos that way. It was a god among many other gods worshiped in ancient Greece and Rome. Hence, readings of a sundial had a divine aspect for all ancient people and showed a direct link to the god who was responsible for every change in the world. In other words, the question about the origin of Chronos made no sense to ancient minds because the question about the origin of a god was unrelated to the point of view that dominated the ancient world.