Mar 10, 2023 · The Titans were the first children of the primordial Greek deities Uranus and Gaia. Two of these Titans, Cronus and Rhea, became the parents of the original generation of Olympians, who overthrew the Titans, just as the Titans had overthrown Uranus before them.

Mar 13, 2023 · Greek. The Titans are mentioned (albeit allusively) as early as Homer (eighth century BCE). They would have also played a central role in the Titanomachy, an early epic attributed to the Corinthian poet Eumelus (mid-eighth century BCE), but this work is now lost, and almost nothing is known about its contents (except, of course, that it told the story of the …

Mar 10, 2023 · Greek. Hesiod: Crius’ genealogy is outlined in the seventh-century BCE epic the Theogony. Aeschylus: A fifth-century BCE tragedy by Aeschylus, Prometheus Unbound, had a chorus of freed Titans which may have included Crius; unfortunately this work has been lost. Mythological Handbooks (Greek and Roman)

Greek Titans. The generation of Greek gods who directly preceded the Olympians. The Titans were the first children of the primordial Greek deities Uranus and Gaia. Two of these Titans, Cronus and Rhea, became the parents of the original generation of Olympians, who overthrew the Titans, just as the Titans had overthrown Uranus before them.

Mar 10, 2023 · Coeus, a Greek Titan whose name meant “inquiry,” was grandfather to the Olympians Apollo and Artemis. After he and the other Titans were banished to Tartarus, Coeus led an escape attempt, but he was ultimately driven back by Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of the Underworld.

Mar 8, 2023 · Cronus was the youngest of the Greek Titans, best remembered for dethroning his father Uranus. He became a tyrant, however, devouring his own children until he was finally usurped by his youngest son, Zeus.

Mar 11, 2023 · According to the Theogony, Atlas fought alongside his kin in the Titanomachy, when the Olympians rose up against the Titans. Ultimately, the Titans fell to the usurpers’ superior strength, and Zeus meted out punishments to all who had opposed him. Atlas was tasked with supporting the “celestial sphere”—that is, the heavens or the sky:

Mar 9, 2023 · Uranus was the primordial Greek deity embodying the sky, the air, and the heavens. Along with Gaia, the personification of the Earth, he fathered the Twelve Titans, the youngest of whom (Cronus) eventually overthrew him.

Mar 10, 2023 · Tethys, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, was one of the original twelve Titans of Greek mythology. In later life she married her brother Oceanus and gave birth to innumerable children, including the Oceanids and all the rivers of the world. Despite reproducing so prolifically, Tethys remained an obscure deity; she was not generally worshipped ...

Mar 9, 2023 · Rhea, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, was a Greek Titan and the mother of the Olympians. Along with the other Titans, Rhea was imprisoned in Tartarus by her tyrannical father; she was eventually liberated by her brother Cronus, whom she married. Rhea gave birth to the Olympian deities and, through her cunning, helped them overthrow Cronus and ...