Questions tagged [titans]
For questions about the Greek Titans.
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What is the great gulf mentioned by Hesiod?
In Hesiod's Theogony he mentions a place where the sources and ends of the Earth, Tartarus, Sea and Heaven are located:
And there, all in their order, are the sources and ends of gloomy earth and ...
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Why does Cronus have the power to cast hailstones, in the Dionysiaca of Nonnus?
I was reading the page of Cronus on Theoi.com when I saw this passage, which talks about the fight between Zeus and Cronus:
Broadbeard Kronos fanned the flame of Enyo (War) as he cast icy spears
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Why was Perse a Nymph and not a Titan like both of her parents?
I've been reading "Circe" and it got me thinking: Circe's mother was a water nymph named Perse. Perse's parents were Oceanos and Tethys, who were both Titans. Why then is Perse a Nymph if ...
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Is there a deliberate symbolic relationship between the Rockefeller Plaza Atlas statue and St Patrick's Cathedral?
The International Building, part of the Rockefeller Center, stands in Midtown Manhattan. In the building's courtyard, at Number 630 on Fifth Avenue, its entrance is guarded by the dark and imposing 45-...
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Which specific ancient sources did NOT consider Kronus and Chronos to be the same being?
I’ve always heard that Kronus (Titan of the Harvest) and Chronos (God/Personification of Time) are often confused by modern people but were actually considered two distinct beings in Ancient Greece. ...
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Do we know of any battles or other specific events that happened during the Titanomachy?
Every account of the Titanomachy I’ve ever seen basically jumps from Zeus getting Kronos to regurgitate his siblings straight to the Olympians’ victory ten years later. A few will reference the ...
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Did Themis preside over "the proper relation between man and woman" and the concept of the family?
I recently saw the following quote in the Wikipedia article on Themis:
Themis presided over the proper relation between man and woman[citation needed], the basis of the rightly ordered family (the ...
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Are Gigantes and Gods the same?
They are described as quite different in the myths. For example, the Titans had much power, whilst the Gigantes drew power from their mother, Gaea. So are they the same or different beings?
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Do any myths specify whether Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia were sextuplets or simply siblings?
We know that Zeus was the youngest, but then people do still talk about being the "older twin" or "younger twin."
Do we know if Zeus was the youngest of six siblings born (and ...
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Is Typhon a Gigante or god?
I am confused on the 'race' of Typhon. Is he a god, albeit a monstrous one (he is descended from gods after all)? A Gigante, albeit this time birthed from union between Tartarus and Gaia instead of ...
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Why was Gaia in deep slumber during creation?
In all of Greek mythology, Gaia played an important role: giving birth to the titans and giants, etc.
But most of the time she is in a deep slumber in the creation of mythology?
Why?
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Symbolism of Titans and Gods
I am wondering whether, in Greek mythology, the Titans as a "class" or a "whole" represented some idea, facet of life, what have you, and whether the gods as a "class" or ...
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What does Rome, Conquerors & Titans have in common?
I think something with Heracles, but I am unsure.
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How did Cronos lose if he was god of time?
I have read in many articles where it is mentioned that Zeus overthrew the Titan Cronos who could control time.
How is it possible? Cronos could just turn back time and correct wherever he went wrong....
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Is Phoebus an alternate name for Apollo or is a description of Apollo?
Is Phoebus an alternate name for Apollo or is a description of Apollo?
In other words, I want to know if Phoebus is a name or simply a common noun that means "light" or "brightness". There was also a ...
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Is Chiron older or younger than the Olympians?
Chiron is a half-brother to Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, and Demeter. He is the son of Cronus and Philyra, an Oceanid. But, when was this consummation made? Before, after or during Cronus and Rhea ...
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How were titans viewed by ancient Greeks?
Prometheus was a Titan. He helped people several times. But was he praised as a god would be? Gaia was the very mother Earth. Was she loved as any other goddess would be? Atlas held the sky up from ...
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How were children of Oceanus king and queen?
Before the Titan Kronos and his sister/wife Rhea became rulers of the heavens, Ophion and Eurynome were so. But, how did that occur when Ouranos/Uranus was king? He was only dethroned when Kronos ...
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When and how did gigantic size become an attribute of the Titans?
The naming of the ship that famously sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, and that of the rocket that lofted the Gemini capsules into orbit, both reflect the common notion that the Titans were gigantic ...
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Why does Atlas care about the golden apples?
Hera received a golden apple tree as a gift from Gaia. She planted it near the place Atlas was imprisoned, and employed a dragon named Ladon, and Atlas' daughters, the Hesperides, to guard it.
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Why didn’t Zeus withhold fire from humans the second time?
It looks like Zeus punished Prometheus for stealing fire for humans, but that he then did nothing to take that fire away. While Prometheus was hanging on the rock, humans still possessed fire.
Was ...
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What happened to Prometheus after Hercules freed him?
I couldn't find much (any) info about this question. According to wikipedia:
Prometheus, in eternal punishment, is chained to a rock in the Caucasus, Kazbek Mountain or Mountain of Khvamli, where ...
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How could Heracles ensure the victory of the Olympians against the Titans if he was born mortal?
In ancient greek mythology, Heracles is the hero with the most adventures ever. There is, however, a temporal paradox between the different myths about him that bothers me a bit.
Heracles was born ...
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In the battle between the Olympians and the Titans, how could any of them defeat the other one?
The groups are both immortal, nobody could possibly kill or harm anybody. I always assumed that the Titans have "surrendered" and then therefore taken into captivity.
But it doesn't make any sense! ...
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Is Chronos Kronos?
Well, I saw a youtube comment on the latest Crash Course Mythology video-
Chronus has nothing to do with time. That's Kronos, a primordial deity separate from the titans and infinitely more ...
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What Phoenician story could be the inspiration of the cosmic story of five Titanes?
This is from Bleh's answer (quoting theoi.com):
The cosmic story of five Titanes--four holding the corners of heaven--may be Phoenician in origin.
What Phoenician story could be the basis for the ...
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Titans as four corners of the Earth?
On Theoi.com and a couple of other Greek myth sites, they say that four of the male Titans (Koios, Hyperion, Krios and Iapetos) symbolized the four corners of the Earth. Does anyone have a source for ...
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Who held the celestial sphere before Atlas?
After Zeus defeated Kronos, all Titans on the losing side were punished. Atlas in particular was tasked with holding the celestial sphere for all eternity.
When Herakles later meets him, it's ...
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Who were the beings that the Titans overthrew to gain power on Olympus?
Who were the beings that the Titans overthrew to gain power on Olympus? In the book of Encyclopedia of Mythology by Eric Flaum it discusses how Mother Earth conspired with Cronus to overthrow Uranus ...
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Who worshipped the Titans?
According to Greek mythology, there was a mythical time known as the Golden Age where the Titans ruled and the gods of Olympus didn't exist.
Were there any real cultures that actually worshipped the ...
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What is the difference between a God and a Titan?
In Greek mythology, the words "Titan" and "God" seem to be used interchangeably. For example, Zeus is a God, but Cronus (his father) was a Titan. So what is the difference between a Titan and a God in ...
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