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Wars of the Olympians

Titanomachy

3100–3090 BC Thessaly Status: ended Casualties: Titans cast into Tartarus

Ten years of war between the younger Olympians and the elder Titans. Zeus freed the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes from Tartarus; the Cyclopes forged thunderbolt, trident, and helm of darkness. The Titans were hurled into Tartarus and Atlas condemned to bear the heavens. Hesiod, Theogony 617–735.

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Belligerents

  • Olympians (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades)
  • Titans (Cronus, Atlas, Hyperion)

Casualties

Titans cast into Tartarus

Key events

  • Cronus swallows his children
  • Rhea hides Zeus on Crete; gives Cronus a stone
  • Zeus loosens the Hecatoncheires from Tartarus
  • Ten years' war on the Thessalian plain
  • Titans cast down; Tartarus walled in bronze by Poseidon

Aftermath

The cosmos divided by lot — sky to Zeus, sea to Poseidon, the dead to Hades. Earth and Olympus held in common.

Weapons & matériel

  • Zeus's thunderbolt (forged by the Cyclopes)
  • Poseidon's trident
  • Hades's helm of darkness
  • The boulders of the Hecatoncheires

Sources

  • Hesiod, Theogony 617–735
  • Apollodorus 1.1–1.2
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