Titan (mythology)

This article is about Titan (mythology). For other uses of the term Titan, please see Titan (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, according to Classics scholar Elizabeth Vandiver, Titans were Greek gods who were the offspring or children of the primordial gods Gaia and Ouranos, and who preceded the Olympians such as Zeus and Hera and Apollo and Athena and others. They included: Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius, Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea,Themis, Eos, Helios, Selene, Leto, Asteria, Atlas, Prometheus (who helped mankind), Epimetheus, Menoetius, Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses.