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The TITANS ruled the world after having dethroned their
father Uranus, the first ruler of
the universe. It was their mother
Gaia who persuaded them to attack
their father and overthrow him; for she grieved at the
destruction of her children, the
CYCLOPES and the
HECATONCHEIRES, who had
been cast into Tartarus by
Uranus. The Titan
Cronos then ambushed his father
and castrated him with a sickle, being himself appointed by
the TITANS to be their sovereign. However, once in power,
Cronos behaved as his father, and
again shut the CYCLOPES and the
HECATONCHEIRES up in
Tartarus.
And since both Gaia and
Uranus foretold to
Cronos that he would be dethroned
by his own son, he decided to swallow his children as they
were born. But Zeus escaped this
fate, and leading the
OLYMPIANS, he waged war against
the TITANS, taking the CYCLOPES
and the HECATONCHEIRES,
whom he had liberated, as allies. This is how
Cronos was dethroned and shut up,
along with the other TITANS, in
Tartarus. But later
Zeus gave them their freedom again.
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First generation,
offspring of Uranus and Gaia
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Coeus. Father by Phoebe 1 of Asteria 1
and Leto [Apd.1.1.3, 1.2.2;
Hes.The.134-136, 405ff.].
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Crius 1. Father by Eurybia 1 of Astraeus
1, Pallas 1, and Perses 1 [Apd.1.1.2-3;
Hes.The.134].
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Cronos. Ruler
of the universe.
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Dione 1. Some have said that Dione 1 is
one of the OCEANIDS.
Mother by Zeus of
Aphrodite [Apd.1.1.3,
1.3.1; Hom.Il.5.370; Hes.The.350ff.].
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Hyperion 1 has been identified with the
sun. He is said to have been the first to
understand the movement of the sun, moon and stars.
His offspring is remarkable but no myths are
attached to him. He shares the common fate of all
of his race [see
Titanomachy]. He is
father, by Thia, of Eos
(Dawn), Helius (Sun),
Selene (Moon), and Titan
[Apd.1.1.3, 1.2.2; Dio.5.67.1; Hes.The.134;
Pau.2.11.5; Pin.Oly.7.39].
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Iapetus 1. Father, either by Clymene 1 or
Asia 2, of Menoetius 1,
Atlas,
Prometheus 1,
Epimetheus, and Hesperus 2 [Apd.1.1.3, 1.2.3;
Dio.4.27.1; Hes.The.134, 506ff.; Hom.Il.8.479ff.].
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Mnemosyne is
Memory, the mother of the
MUSES.
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Oceanus.
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Phoebe 1. See Coeus above.
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Rhea 1. The
mother of the gods.
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Tethys. See
Oceanus.
Apd.1.1.3, 1.2.2; Hes.The.136, 338ff.;
Ov.Fast.5.81; Pla.Tim.40e.
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Themis.
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Thia is also called Euryphaessa. It is
said that for her sake men set a stamp upon gold,
using it as current coin. See Hyperion 1 above.
Apd.1.1.3, 1.2.2; Hes.The.135; Hom.Hel.31.4;
Pin.Isth.5.1.
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Second
generation, descending from the first
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Asteria 1 was loved by
Zeus, and some say that in
order to escape him, she turned into a quail and
flung herself into the sea. Others have said that
it was Zeus who turned her
into a quail. Asteria 1 was daughter, either of
Coeus and Phoebe 1, or of Titan and someone
unknown.
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Mates
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Offspring
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Notes
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Zeus
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Heracles 6
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Heracles 6 was worshipped in Tyre. He
is the father of Carthago, one of the
NYMPHS.
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Perses 1
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Hecate
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Perses 1 is a Titan; see below.
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Apd.1.2.2-4, 1.4.1; Cic.ND.3.42;
Hes.The.409-411; Hyg.Fab.53.
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Astraea (Dike).
Astraea is Justice, the same as
Dike.
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Astraeus 1 is called the father of the
stars. No particular tales are attached to him, but
his offspring is most remarkable. He is the father,
by Eos, of the
WINDS, Eosphorus [see
below], and Dike
[Ara.Phae.97, 105; Apd.1.2.2; Hes.The.375, 378ff.;
Hyg.Ast.2.25; Nonn.6.33ff.; Ov.Met.1.149].
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Atlas.
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Eos is Dawn.
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Eosphorus, also called Hesperus 1,
Phosphorus or Lucifer, is the morning and evening
star (Venus). Parentage:
Astraeus 1 &
Eos or Cephalus 2
& Eos.
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Mates
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Offspring
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Notes
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Philonis
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Ceyx
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Philonis is daughter of Daedalion, but
he is called son of Eosphorus. Philonis is
also said to be the mother of Autolycus 1
by Hermes, and
of Philammon by
Apollo. But some
of her children are also attributed to
Chione 2, also daughter of Daedalion.
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Daedalion
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Daedalion was a cruel ruler that
delighted in war was. Yet, when his
daughter Chione 2 (or perhaps Philonis?)
died he could not find consolation, and
kept ever bewailing his lost child. So
finally he gained Mount Parnassus and
hurled himself from its top. But
Apollo turned
him into a hawk.
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Cleoboea 2
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Philonis
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According to Conon, Philonis was
daughter of Eosphorus (rather than her
mate).
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Apd.1.7.4; Con.7; Hes.The.381; Hyg.Ast.2.42;
Hyg.Fab.65, 161; Nonn.6.18; Ov.Met.11.271, 11.295;
QS.5.132.
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Epimetheus. It is said that when the time
arrived for mortal creatures to be created, the
gods, after moulding their forms, charged
Prometheus 1 and his
brother Epimetheus to deal faculties to each
creature. Epimetheus, they say, persuaded
Prometheus 1 to let
him do the dealing himself, saying that afterwards
Prometheus 1 could
examine what he had done. And to some creatures
Epimetheus gave strength, and to others speed; some
he armed and others he left unarmed, though giving
them some other faculty so that they could survive.
To some he gave wings, so that they could escape,
and to others he gave the capacity to live
underground. And while he distributed all
capacities he took the precaution that no species
should be extinguished. Likewise Epimetheus took
into consideration the seasons, giving to all
creatures the faculty of resisting both cold and
heat. In similar manner he furnished each kind of
creature with its proper food, so that some should
feed on grass, others on fruits, and still others
on creatures which they could devour.
This is how Epimetheus, lacking in wisdom,
distributed all properties suited for survival
among animals, leaving unequipped the race of men.
Now the day had arrived for the emergence of all
creatures and Prometheus
1 came to examine his brother's work. And so,
noticing that Epimetheus had not devised anything
for the preservation of humans, he stole wisdom in
arts from Hephaestus
and Athena, along with
fire, so that men could exercise those crafts, and
gave all these gifts to humanity.
This is why,
Prometheus 1, for
having corrected Epimetheus' mistake in such a way,
was later accused of theft.
It is also said that Prometheus 1 had told his
brother Epimetheus never to take a gift from
Zeus, but Epimetheus, a man
without foresight, accepted
Zeus' gift
(Pandora 1), and only
later understood what happened. For until that time
men lived free from ills, toil and sicknesses, but
Pandora 1 opened a jar
containing all kinds of evils and these flew out,
ever since afflicting mankind. Only Hope remained
there.
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Parentage [two versions]
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Mates
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Offspring
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Notes
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Iapetus 1 &
Clymene 1
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Iapetus 1 & Asia 2
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For Iapetus 1 see above.
Clymene 1 and Asia 2 are
OCEANIDS.
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Pandora
1
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Pyrrha 1
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Pyrrha 1 married
Deucalion 1,
the man who survived the
Flood.
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Apd.1.2.3, 1.7.2; Hes.The.511; Hes.WD.81;
Plato.Pro.320d et seq.
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Helius.
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Hesperus 2. Son of Iapetus 1 &
Clymene 1, daughter of
Oceanus. Father of
Hesperis, one of the HORAE
[Dio.4.27.1-2].
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Leto.
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Menoetius 1. This Titan
Zeus smote with a
thunderbolt and hurled down to
Tartarus during the
Titanomachy.
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Parentage [two versions]
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Iapetus 1 & Clymene 1
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Iapetus 1 & Asia 2
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For Iapetus 1 see above. Clymene 1 and
Asia 2 are
OCEANIDS.
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Apd.1.2.3; Hes.The.510, 515.
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Pallas 1. Son of Crius 1 and Eurybia 1.
He is father, by
Styx, of
Nike, Cratos (Power), Zelos
(Emulation), and Bia (Force) [Apd.1.2.2;
Hes.The.375, 383ff.].
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Perses 1. Son of Crius 1 and Eurybia 1.
Father by Asteria 1 of
Hecate [Apd.1.2.2-4;
Hes.The.375, 409-411; Hom.Dem.2.25].
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Prometheus
1.
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Selene.
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Titan. Son of Hyperion 1 & Thia, and
father of Asteria 1. The place Titane near
Corinth was named after
him [Hyg.Fab.53; Pau.2.11.5].
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