Ouranos is the Greek name of the sky, latinized as Uranus. In Greek mythology it is personified as the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. The two of them were ancestral to most of the Greek gods. His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus ("sky"). He was originally the same Indo-European god as the Hindu equivalent Varuna.
Uranus hid the youngest children of Gaia, the one-hundred armed giants (Hecatonchires) and the one-eyed giants, the Cyclopes, in Tartarus so that they would not see the light, rejoicing in this evil doing. This caused pain to Gaia (Tartarus was her bowels) so she created grey flint and shaped a great sickle and gathered together Cronus and his brothers to ask them to obey her. Only Cronus was willing to do the deed, so Gaia gave him the sickle and set him in ambush. Cronus jumped out and lopped off his father's testicles, casting them behind him. From his blood on the Earth came forth the Gigantes, Erinyes and Meliae. From the testicles of Uranus in the sea came forth Aphrodite. For this, Uranus called his sons Titans, meaning "strainers" for they strained and did presumptuously a fearful deed, for which vengeance would come afterwards. After Uranus was deposed, however, Cronus returned the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes to Tartarus.
The affecting Uranos Houses feature eye-smoothing appearance, which is quite unwinding and represents a perfect harmony with the blueness of the deep Aegean Sea.
The pretty front-rank Uranos Houses represent a cluster of traditional villas literally carved into the volcanic cliff of Imerovigli village, the Santorini’s highest point.
Uranos Houses is a hotel complex consisting of 22 superbly designed traditional Santorinian style houses with all modern comforts.
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