In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek ÔéôÜí, plural ÔéôÜíåò) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age.

The Titans were twelve from their first appearance (Hesiod, Theogony)[1] and were associated with various primal concepts, some of which are simply extrapolated from their names: ocean and fruitful earth, sun and moon, memory and natural law.

The twelve first-generation Titans were led by the youngest, Cronus), who overthrew their father, Uranus ("Heaven"), at the urgings of their mother, Gaia ("Earth").

The Titans later gave birth to other Titans, notably the sons of Iapetus — Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius.

The Titans preceded the Twelve Olympians, but were eventually overthrown by them, led by Zeus, in the Titanomachy ("War of the Titans"), and were imprisoned in Tartarus, the depths of the underworld.