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.

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

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Crius ("Twelve Titans")
memberOf
Electra
mythologicalEra

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