Titanomachy

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event in Greek mythology mythological war

Titanomachy is the epic ten-year war in Greek mythology in which the Olympian gods, led by Zeus, overthrew the older generation of Titans for control of the cosmos.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Titanomachy period 2
victory of Zeus 1
Τιτανομαχία 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological war ⓘ
associatedDeity Cronus ⓘ
Gaia ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedPlace Tartarus ⓘ
cause struggle for control of the cosmos ⓘ
conflictBetween Olympian gods ⓘ
Titans ⓘ
describedBy Hesiod ⓘ
describedIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
surface form: Theogony
etymology from Greek "Titan" and "machē" meaning "battle" ⓘ
followedBy establishment of Zeus as king of the gods ⓘ
genre cosmogonic myth ⓘ
greekName Titanomachy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Τιτανομαχία
hasDuration ten years ⓘ
hasMotif children overthrowing their parents ⓘ
divine kingship struggle ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
leadsTo imprisonment of Titans in Tartarus ⓘ
ledBySide1 Zeus ⓘ
location cosmos ⓘ
mainCombatant Demeter ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Hestia ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
narrativeRole explains transfer of power from Titans to Olympians ⓘ
opposingCombatant Coeus ⓘ
Crius ⓘ
Cronus ⓘ
Helios ⓘ
surface form: Hyperion

Iapetus ⓘ
Oceanus ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ
partOf Greek mythology ⓘ
precededBy Chaos ⓘ
surface form: rule of Cronus
relatedMyth Gigantomachy ⓘ
Typhonomachy ⓘ
result establishment of Olympian rule over the cosmos ⓘ
overthrow of the Titans ⓘ
victory of the Olympian gods ⓘ
side1 Olympian gods ⓘ
side2 Titans ⓘ
supportedBy Cyclopes ⓘ
Hecatoncheires ⓘ
theme cosmic order versus chaos ⓘ
succession myth ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iapetids → associatedWith → Titanomachy ⓘ
Menoetius → associatedWith → Titanomachy ⓘ
Cronus → conflict → Titanomachy ⓘ
Titans → conflict → Titanomachy ⓘ
subject surface form: Titans
Oceanus → didNotParticipateIn → Titanomachy ⓘ
age of the Titans → endsWith → Titanomachy ⓘ
subject surface form: Age of the Titans
Typhonomachy → follows → Titanomachy ⓘ
Titanomachy → greekName → Titanomachy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Τιτανομαχία
Hesiod's Theogony → includesMyth → Titanomachy ⓘ
Gaia → myth → Titanomachy ⓘ
Atlas → mythologicalEra → Titanomachy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Titanomachy period
Rhea → mythologicalEra → Titanomachy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Titanomachy period
subject surface form: Atlas
Hecatoncheires → playedRoleIn → Titanomachy ⓘ
Typhonomachy → relatedConcept → Titanomachy ⓘ
Gigantomachy → relatedMyth → Titanomachy ⓘ
Typhonomachy → result → Titanomachy ⓘ
this entity surface form: victory of Zeus
Coeus → tookPartIn → Titanomachy ⓘ