Titan

Tītan, ānis (collat. form Tītānus, i, v. in the foll.), m.,

• • A= Τιτάν. Son of Caelus and Vesta, elder brother of Saturn, and ancestor of the Titans, called Tītāni or Tītānes, who contended with Saturn for the sovereignty of heaven, and were, by the thunderbolts of his son Jupiter, precipitated into Tartarus: quasi Titani cum dis belligerem? Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 26 (26).—Dat. Titanis, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 70.—Gen. genus Titanum, Cic. Leg. 3, 2, 5: Titanum suboles, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23.—Acc. Titanas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 43; Ov. F. 3, 797.—Appellatively: Titanus, of an old man, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 101 (853).—
  • B A grandson of the above, son of Hyperion, the Sun-god, i. q. Sol, Cic. Arat. 60; cf. Verg. A. 4, 119; Ov. M. 1, 10; 2, 118; 6, 438; id. F. 1, 617; 2, 73; 4, 180; 4, 919 al. —
  • C Prometheus, as grandson of Titan, Juv. 14, 35.— Hence,
• II Tītānĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanian: pubes, Fulmine dejecti, i.e. the Titans, Verg. A. 6, 580: bella, i.e. of the Titans, Sil. 12, 725: antra, Val. Fl. 4, 91: ales, i. e. the Phoenix, as sacred to the sun (Titan, B.), Claud. Idyll. 1, 7. — Subst.: Tītā-nĭus, ii, m., for Titan, B., the Sun-god, Avien. Arat. 127.—In fem.: Tītānĭa, ae.
• • • • • α Latona, as daughter of the Titan Coeus, Ov. M. 6, 346.—
        • β Pyrrha, as descendant of the Titan Prometheus, Ov. M. 1, 395.—
        • γ Diana, as sister of Sol, Ov. M. 3, 173.—
        • δ Circe, as daughter of Sol, Ov. M. 14, 382; 14, 438. —
  • B Tītānĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Titan or the Titans, Titanic: dracones, sprung from the Titans’ blood, Ov. M. 7, 398. —
  • C Tītānis, ĭdis or ĭdos, adj. f., Titanic: pugna, of the Titans, Juv. 8, 132: Circe, as daughter of Sol, Ov. M. 13, 968; 14, 376; Val. Fl. 7, 212.— Also, absol.: Tītānis, ĭdis, f., Circe, Ov. M. 14, 14.—
  • • • • β Diana, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); and of Tethys, as sister of Sol, Ov. F. 5, 81.

Titān, ānis, Akk. ānem u. āna, Akk. Plur. ānēs u. ānas, m. (Τιτάν) u. zuw. latinis. Tītānus, ī, m. (vgl. Charis. exc. 540, 37 sqq. Prisc. 6, 25), I) gew. Plur. Titanes u. Titani, ein früheres Göttergeschlecht, Söhne des Uranus und der Gäa (lat. Tellus), u. zwar Oceanus, Cöus, Krius, Hyperion, Japetus, Kronos (Saturnus). Sie stürzten unter Anführung des Saturnus ihren Vater Uranus vom Throne u. beherrschten vereint mit ihrem Bruder den Himmel. Bald aber stürzte Saturnus seine Söhne, die Hekatoncheiren Briareos, Kottus u. Gyes u. die Zyklopen Arges, Steropes, Brontes in den Tartatus; hierüber zornig wiegelte Tellus den Sohn des Saturnus, den Jupiter, auf, der im Verein mit seinen Geschwistern den Vater entthronte und in den Tartarus stürzte. Auch die Titanen, die seiner Herrschaft nicht gehorchen wollten, schloß er nach einem harten Kampfe in den Tartarus ein. Nom. Titan, Ov. met. 1, 10: Genet. Titanos u. Titanis, Prisc. 6, 25: Dat. Titano, Manil. b. Varro LL. 7, 16: Akk. Titana, Lact. 2, 10, 8. Charis. 25, 27; Titanem, Charis. 25, 27: Vok. Titan u. Titane, Charis. 25, 27: Nom. Plur. Titanes, Charis. 25, 28: Nom. Plur. Titani, Naev. bell. Pun. 1. fr. 18. v. 25 Vahlen. Plaut. Pers. 26. Arnob. 1, 41. Augustin. de civ. dei 4, 30: Genet. Titanum, Cic. de legg. 3, 5. Lact. 1, 14, 10; 5, 6, 7; vgl. Charis. 25, 28: Akk. Titanas, Hor. carm. 3, 4, 43. Ov. fast. 3, 797. Solin. 11, 15. Iustin. 44, 4. 1. Lact. 1, 21, 39; vgl. Charis. 25, 28: Akk. Titanes, Charis. 25, 28: Akk. Titanos, Hyg. fab. 150: Dat. u. Abl. Titanibus, Lact. 1, 10, 10. Charis. 25, 28, Titanis, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 70. Hyg. fab. 167. – II) ein von einem Titanen abstammendes Götterwesen, u. zwar bes.: a) Helios (Sol), Sohn des Hyperion und der Theia, Enkel des Titan, Verg. Aen. 4, 119. Tibull. 4, 1, 51. Ov. fast. 1, 617. – b) Prometheus, des Titanen Japetus Sohn, Iuven. 14, 35. – Dav. abgeleitet:

A) Tītāniacus, a, um, titanisch, dracones, weil sie aus dem Blute der Titanen entstanden sind (nach Rolle = Schlangengespann, das Medea von ihrem Großvater, dem Sonnengotte, erhielt), Ov. met. 7, 398. – B) Tītānida, ae, f., eine Titanide, Themidis filiae Titanidae, Hyg. fab. 183. – C) Tītānis, idis u. idos, Akk. ida, Vok. ī, f. (Τιτανίς), titanisch, pugna, der Titanen mit Jupiter, Iuven. 8, 132. – subst., die Titanide, d.i. a) Circe, Nachkömmling des Helios (Sol), Ov. met. 13, 968; 14, 14 u. 376. – b) Tethys, als Schwester der Titanen, Ov. fast. 5, 81. – c) Titanis Trivia, Diana Enn. fr. scen. 121; vgl. Varro LL. 7, 16. – D) Tītānius, a, um (Τίτάνιος), titanisch, pubes, die Titanen, Verg.: Titania astra, Verg., od. Titanius, Avien., die Sonne. – subst., Tītānia, ae, f., die Titanide (Abkömmling eines Titanen), a) v. der Diana, Ov. met. 3, 173. – b) v. der Latona, als Tochter des Cöus, Ov. met. 6, 346. – c) v. der Circe, Ov. met. 14, 382 u. 438. – d) v. der Pyrrha, Enkelin des Japetus, Ov. met. 1, 395.

Titan, ~anus [CL < Τιτάν] 1 one of a race of giant pre-Olympian deities, Titan; b (as name applied to Antichrist). Titan, -nis, i. sol, inde hic ~anus, -ni, i. nomen cujusdam gigantis qui dicitur esse filius terre, unde et ~anes [v. l. ~anos] vocamus omnes gigantes Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 585; solem vel stellas dicit qui unus erat gigantum et de ~anibus Bern. Comm. Aen. 119.  b hic numerus apud Grecos in nomine ~anis, id est gigantis, dicitur inveniri hoc modo: τ ccc, ε v, ι x, τ ccc, α j, ν l, et hoc sibi nomen Antichristus ‥ usurpatum ire putatur Bede Apoc. 172B; ‘Teytan’ gigas interpretatur, quod ipse fortis prepotens viribus erit et injuriosus ut gigantes sunt Harclay Qu. 1. 94. 2 the sun (personified). emergunt ‥ quasi in alto ~ane incalescenteque caumate de ‥ caverniculis ‥ vermiculorum cunei Gildas EB 19; oceano Titan dum corpus tinxerit almum Aldh. Aen. 58 (Vesper sidus) 3; Titon, sol GlC T 178; 958 (14c) conditor orbis ‥ diem ~anis splendidissimi radiis flagrantibus lustrando percurrit (Cart. Chester) CS 1041; “prius ‥ quam crastinus ~an solito refulserit, velles meis obtemperasse preceptis” Dominic V. Ecgwini II 46; ut diem protulit ~an, egressi sunt G. Mon. VIII 23.

Tītān, (10) m. (Τιτάν), ¶ 1 un des Titans, v. Titanes : Prisc. Gramm. 6, 25 ¶ 2 descendant dʼun Titan ; not^t a) dʼHypérion = le Soleil : Virg. En. 4, 119 ; Tib. 4, 1, 50 ; b) de Japet = Prométhée : Juv. 14, 35.

➳ voc. Titan et Titane Char. 25, 27 ; gén. -nos et -nis Prisc. Gramm. 6, 25 ; dat. -no Manil. d. Varro L. 7, 16 ; acc. -na Luc. 1, 90 ; -nem Char. 25, 27.

titan, anis. vel titanus, i. m.
神名。太陽。

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(Τιτάν).

1. This name commonly appears in the plural Τιτᾶνες, from Τιτανίδες, as the name of the sons and daughters of Uranus and Ge, whence they are also called Οὐρανίωνες or Οὐρανίδαι. (Hom. Il. 5.898; Apollon. 2.1232.) These Titans are Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Cronus, Theia, Rheia, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys, to whom Apollodorus (1.1.3) adds Dione. (Hes. Theog. 133, &c.) Some writers also add Phorcys and Demeter. (Heyne, ad Apollod. 1.1.1; Clemens, Homil. 6.2.) Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v. Ἄσανα) has the following as the names of the children of Uranus and Ge : Adanus, Ostasus, Andes, Cronus, Rhea, Iapetus, Olymbrus; and Pausanias (8.37.3) mentions a Titan Anytus, who was believed to have brought up the Arcadian Despoena. Uranus, the first ruler of the world, threw his sons, the Hecatoncheires, Briareus, Cottys, Gyes (Hes. Theog. 617), and the Cyclopes, Arges, Steropes, and Brontes, into Tartarus. Gaea, indignant at this, persuaded the Titans to rise against their father, and gave to Cronus an adamantine sickle (ἅρπη). They did as their mother bade them, with the exception of Oceanus. Cronus, with his sickle, unmanned his father, and threw the part into the sea, and out of the drops of his blood there arose the Erinnyes, Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera. The Titans then deposed Uranus, liberated their brothers who had been cast into Tartarus, and raised Cronus to the throne. But he again threw the Cyclopes into Tartarus, and married his sister Rhea (Ovid, Ov. Met. 9.497, calls her Ops). As, however, he had been foretold by Gaea and Uranus, that he should be dethroned by one of his own children, he, after their birth, swallowed successively his children Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Pluto and Poseidon. Rhea therefore, when she was pregnant with Zeus. went to Crete, gave birth to the child in the Dictaean Cave, and entrusted him to be brought up to the Curetes, and the daughters of Melissus, the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida. The armed Curetes guarded the infant in the cave, and struck their shields with their spears, that Cronus might not hear the voice of the child. Rhea, moreover, deceived Cronus by giving him a stone wrapped up in cloth, which he swallowed, believing it to be his newly-born son. (Apollod. 1. §§ 1-5; Ov. Fast. 4.179, &c.) When Zeus had grown up he availed himself of the assistance of Thetis, the daughter of Oceanus who gave to Cronus a potion which caused him to bring up the stone and the children he had swallowed. United with his brothers and sisters, Zeus now began the contest against Cronus and the ruling Titans. This contest (usually called the Titanomachia), which was carried on in Thessaly, the Titans occupying Mount Othrys, and the sons of Cronus Mount Olympus, lasted for ten years, when at length Gaea promised victory to Zeus, if he would deliver the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires from Tartarus. Zeus accordingly slew Campe, who guarded the Cyclopes, and the latter furnished him with thunder and lightning, Pluto wave him a helmet, and Poseidon a trident. The Titans then were overcome, and hurled down into a cavity below Tartarus (Hom. Il. 14.279; Hes. Theog. 697, 851 ; Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. 335 ; Paus. 8.37.3), and the Hecatoncheires were set to guard them. (Hom. Il. 8.479; Hes. Theog. 617, &c.; Apollod. 1.2.1.) It must be observed that the fight of the Titans is sometimes confounded by ancient writers with the fight of the Gigantes.

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2. The name Titans is also given to those divine or semi-divine beings who were descended from the Titans, such as Prometheus, Hecate (Hes. Theog. 424 ; Serv. ad Aen. 4.511), Latona (Ov. Met. 6.346), Pyrrha (1.395), and especially Helios and Selene (Mene), as the children of Hyperion and Theia, and even the descendants of Helios, such as Circe. (Serv. ad Aen. 4.119, 6.725 ; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 4.54; Ov. Fast. 1.617, 4.943, Met. 3.173, 14.382; Tib. 4.1. 50.)

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3. The name Titans, lastly, is given to certain tribes of men from whom all mankind is descended. Thus the ancient city of Cnosos in Crete is said to have originally been inhabited by Titans, who were hostile to Zeus, but were driven away by Pan with the fearful sounds of his shell-trumpet. (Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. 336 ; Diod. 3.57, 5.66 ; Orph. Hymn. 36. 2 ; comp. Höck, Creta, p. 171, &c.; Lobeck, Aglaoph. p. 763; Völcker, Mythol. des Iapet. Geschl. p. 280, &c.) [L.S]

TITAN, see SHIPWRECKS

Titan Titan, brother of the Sun

• dwelt at Titane: Paus. 2.11.5

Titan(2), sons of Sky and Earth Titans Titanid Titanids

• Apollod. 1.1.2
• plot against Dionysus: Paus. 7.18.4, Paus. 8.37.5
• persuaded by Earth to attack their father: Apollod. 1.1.2
• dethrone their father (Sky) and bring up their brethren from Tartarus: Apollod. 1.1.2, Apollod. 1.1.4
• commit the sovereignty to Cronus: Apollod. 1.1.4
• shut up in Tartarus by Cronus: Apollod. 1.1.4
• represented by Homer as gods in Tartarus: Paus. 8.37.5
• war of Zeus on the: Apollod. 1.1.7, Apollod. 1.2.1
• offspring of the: Apollod. 1.2.1, Apollod. 1.2.2