He was probably identified with the Kouretes (Curetes), Kronos or Olymbros. He later roused his kin in an uprisal against the god and was destroyed. OLYMPOS (Olympus) The Titan or Gigante (Giant) mentor of Zeus. He may be the same as Olympos the Kretan (Cretan) mentor of Zeus. OLYMBROS (Olymbrus) An alternative name for one of the Titanes. He was the only one of the Titanes not to participate in the castration of Ouranos (Uranus), and in the Titan-Wars remained neutral. OKEANOS (Oceanus) The Titan god of the earth-encircling river Okeanos, the place of rising and setting of the heavenly bodies. He was probably identified with Olympos or Kronos. MYLINOS (Mylinus) A Gigante (Giant) or Titan of the island of Krete (Crete), destroyed by Zeus. Some say he was later released by Zeus and made King of Islands of the Blessed (home of the blessed dead). Kronos was cast into the pit of Tartaros after his defeat. He led his brothers in the castration of Ouranos (Uranus), and was himself deposed by Zeus. KRONOS (Cronus) The King of the Titanes, and the god of destructive time. Krios was sometimes called a leader of the Gigantes (Giants). He was cast into Tartaros at the end of the Titan-War. KRIOS (Crius) The Titan god of the heavenly constellations, also known as Megamedes. He was sometimes described as a leader of the Gigantes (Giants). Koios was one of the Titanes cast into Tartaros at the end of the Titan-War. KOIOS (Coeus) The Titan god of intelligence and the axis of heaven He was also known as Polos. He was cast into Tartaros at the end of the Titan-War along with his brothers. IAPETOS (Iapetus) The Titan god of mortality and life-span. He was cast into Tartaros by the gods at the end of the Titan-War. HYPERION The Titan god of light and the cycles of day and night, sun and moon. Adana)'ĪDANOS (Adanus) An alternative name for one of the Titanes.ĪNDES An alternative name for one of the Titanes, perhaps Hyperion. IAPETOS, KRONOS, ADANOS, OSTASOS, ANDES, OLYMBROS (Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. OKEANOS, POLOS, HYPERION, KRONOS (Hyginus Preface) OKEANOS, IAPETOS, KRONOS (Homer Iliad 8.479 & 14.200) OKEANOS, KOIOS, KRIOS, HYPERION, IAPETOS, KRONOS (Hesiod Theogony 133, Apollodorus 1.1, Diodorus Siculus 5.66.1) KOURETE & TITAIA (Diodorus Siculus 5.66.1) NAMES AITHER (or OURANOS) & GAIA (Hyginus Preface) OURANOS & GAIA (Hesiod Theogony 133, Alcman Frag 61, Aeschylus Prometheus 207, Apollodorus 1.1, Orphic Hymn 37, Diodorus Siculus 5.66.1) Many of their sons and daughters also received the appelation of Titan including Atlas, Prometheus and Helios. The sisters of the six Titanes-Rhea, Theia, Phoibe (Phoebe), Mnemosyne, Themis and Tethys-were titled Titanides (or female Titanes). Pindar and Aeschylus) Kronos and the Titanes were later released from this prison, and the old Titan became king of Elysion (Elysium). Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus forced Kronos to disgorge his siblings, and with an army of divine-allies, made war on the Titanes and cast them into the pit of Tartaros (Tartarus). Only Zeus escaped this fate through the intervention of his mother Rhea, who deposited him in a cave on the island of Krete (Crete) and fed Kronos a substitute rock. Ouranos and Gaia prophesied that a son of Kronos would eventually depose the Titanes, and so the Titan-king, in fear for his throne, took to devouring each one of his offspring as soon as they were born. Four of them-Hyperion, Krios, Koios and Iapetos-were posted at the four corners of the earth to hold Sky fast, while Kronos in the centre castrated him with an adamantine sickle.Īfter they had seized control of the cosmos, the Titanes released their storm giant brothers from Gaia's belly, only to lock them away shortly afterwards in the pit of Tartaros (Tartarus). Led by Kronos, five of the six brothers, laid an ambush for their father, seizing hold of him as he descended to lie upon Earth. Gaia was incensed and incited her Titan sons to rebel. When their father was king he imprisoned six giant brothers of the Titanes-the Kyklopes (Cyclopes) and Hekatonkheires (Hecatoncheires)-in the belly of Earth. THE TITANES (Titans) were six elder gods named Kronos (Cronus), Koios (Coeus), Krios (Crius), Iapetos (Iapetus), Hyperion and Okeanos (Oceanus), sons of Ouranos (Uranus, Sky) and Gaia (Gaea, Earth), who ruled the cosmos before the Olympians came to power.

Straining-Gods ( teinô, titainô) Titans Atlas and Prometheus, Laconian black-figure amphora C6th B.C., Vatican City Museums

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