age of the Titans
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The age of the Titans is the mythological era in Greek cosmology dominated by the rule of the Titan gods before the rise of Zeus and the Olympians.
Aliases (2)
- Age of the Titans ×47
- Twelve Titans ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
mythological era
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period in Greek mythology → |
| associatedWith |
Mount Othrys
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| centralConflict |
struggle between Titans and Olympians
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| characterizedBy |
rule of the Titans
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| cosmicOrder |
pre-Olympian order
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| cosmicTheme |
succession of divine generations
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| culturalContext |
Ancient Greek religion
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| describedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
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Hesiod's Theogony → |
| endsWith |
Titanomachy
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| followedBy |
Age of the Olympians
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| genre |
theogonical myth
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| governedByLaw |
fate
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| hasMotif |
father–son conflict among gods
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overthrow of older divine order → |
| hasNotableFigure |
Coeus
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Crius → Cronus → Hyperion → Iapetus → Mnemosyne → Oceanus → Phoebe → Rhea → Tethys → Theia → Themis → |
| includesDeityClass |
Titanides
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Titans → |
| includesEvent |
birth of the Olympian gods
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castration of Uranus → imprisonment of Cyclopes → imprisonment of Hecatoncheires → overthrow of Uranus by Cronus → |
| languageOfTradition |
Ancient Greek
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| mainRuler |
Cronus
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| mythologicalLocation |
cosmic realm of early Greek universe
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| narrativeFunction |
explains transition from primordial to Olympian rule
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| opposedBy |
Olympian gods
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Zeus → |
| partOf |
Greek cosmology
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| precededBy |
primordial gods era
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| relatedConcept |
Golden Age (Greek mythology)
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| resultedIn |
imprisonment of many Titans in Tartarus
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| sourceTradition |
Archaic Greek poetry
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| timeStatus |
mythic time
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