His father did not know that Zeus was his son. Once Zeus grew up, he went to his father’s mountain and served him as a cupbearer. On the island, Zeus was raised by a goat, named Amalthea. Rhea hid him away in a cave on the island of Crete so he would be safe. But Rhea, his wife, managed to fool Cronus and keep one of his children safe. He put his brothers back into prison and ate his children, just to keep them from overthrowing him. Because Cronus was afraid of losing the kingdom, he made the same mistakes his father did and turned into a terrible, angry king and did lots of horrible things to stay in power. But Uranus made a prediction that Cronus would be overthrown by his sons. Aphrodite was born from Uranus’ blood that fell into the sea.Ĭronus, with his mother’s help, managed to overthrow his father, Uranus. The Gigantes, the Erinyes, and the Meliae were all made from Uranus’ blood that fell to the earth. From this blood, several sets of children were born. The plan worked, and when Uranus was castrated his blood fell to earth and into the sea. So Cronus and his mother made a plan to overthrow Uranus. Cronus was the only child that would do as his mother told him. Gaea was very mad that Uranus had locked up her children, so she made them a giant weapon and told them to castrate their father. He locked them up in the Tartarus, which was a prison deep below the earth. ![]() These children were the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires. Uranus made his wife, Gaea angry because he locked up some of her children. The Titans and Olympians are mentioned in many other poems, particularly those of Orpheus.īefore the war started the Titans were in power, and Uranus was in charge of the universe. It is called the Theogony and is said to be written by Hesiod. There were several poems about the war between the gods during the Classical Greek Age. In the end, the Olympians who were led by Zeus won. The Titans and the Olympians fought to decide who would rule the universe. The Titans ruled Mount Othrys, and the Olympians would rule Mount Olympus. ![]() ![]() These wars were between the Titans, the older gods, and the Olympians, a newer generation of gods. These wars took place in Thessaly, and were also called the War of the Titans, the Battle of the Titans, the Battle of the Gods or just the Titan War. The Titanomachy is a series of wars in Greek mythology. The Wars between the Titans and Olympians
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