Titans Vs Olympians Research Paper

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Titans vs. Olympians
Strategy, pride, and plenty of deaths is what the Titans and Olympians brought to the battlefield during their clash in a 10-year war called the Titanomachy. The war was catastrophic and it was an event that was bound to happen. The Titans came to power when the descendants of Gaea and Uranus castrated their father due to unfair treatment, and the youngest of the first generation of Titans was Kronos and he became the Titans leader. The Golden Age of Man, possibly a generation that could have achieved greatness and could have prospered to impact the Greek society, but a tyrant leader ended the period for the Titans. The first twelve Titans were descendents from Uranus and Gaea. Uranus treated the Titans, also known as …show more content…

Before Titanomachy, the Olympians felt a similar pain that the Titans felt when they were under the control of Uranus, they felt betrayed and in order to end the inequality, they had to overthrow their own father. However, most of the children lay in their father’s belly, except for the youngest God named Zeus. Zeus and his mother were able to plan a plot that would free his siblings and overthrow his father. Both Titans and Olympians grew to have similar traits, but what set them apart was visible in the war. The Olympians were able to come out victors from the war although it did not seem like they had the power or wisdom to defeat the powerful Titans. However, the Olympians were able to work together for a greater cause, instead of each Olympian fighting for a spot on the throne. The discipline displayed in the battlefield lead them to victory and with the world on the palm of their hands; the Olympians established a new era that would influence the Greek society in a positive manner. They were able to represent the civilizations in the world and they set the expectations to establish a fair and equal system that benefited for every person. The Titans were not able to establish this due to the desire they had to rule the universe, and that is what lead to their

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