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Ancient mosaic depicting the Greek Titans Oceanus, with a bearded face and horned head, and Tethys, with sea creatures around them, in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Turkey. Francisco Goya, Saturn Statue of Atlas at Paphos, Cyprus, showing a muscular bearded man bent forward carrying a globe decorated with a bull and a ship on his shoulders.
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Ancient mosaic depicting the Greek Titans Oceanus, with a bearded face and horned head, and Tethys, with sea creatures around them, in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Turkey.
Oceanus and Tethys Detail of a mosaic in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey.

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Titan, in Greek mythology, any of the 12 children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) and some of their descendants. Helped by Gaea, the Titans overthrew the tyrannical Uranus and became the ruling deities. They were progenitors of the Olympian gods, led by Zeus, who subsequently deposed the Titans after a celestial war and established a new divine order. Legends surrounding the Titans formed part of the foundational body of Greek mythology and helped to...

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