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The ''Titanomachy'' (Greek language, Greek: Τιτανομαχία) is a lost epic poem, which is a part of Greek mythology. It deals with the struggle that Zeus and his siblings, the Twelve Olympians, Olympian Gods, had in overthrowing their father Cronus and his divine generation, the Titan (mythology), Titans.
The poem was traditionally ascribed to Eumelus of Corinth (8th century BC), a semi-legendary bard of the Bacchiadae, Bacchiad ruling family in archaic Corinth, who was treasured as the traditional composer of the ''Prosodion'', the processional anthem of Messene, Messenian independence that was performed on Delos.
Even in Antiquity many authors cited ''Titanomachia'' without an author's name. Martin Litchfield West, M. L. WestM.L. West, "'Eumelos': A Corinthian Epic Cycle?" ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'' 122 (2002), pp. 109–133. The present article follows West's analysis. in analyzing the evidence concludes that the name of Eumelos was attached to the poem as the only name available. From the very patchy evidence, it seems that "Eumelos"' account of the ''Titanomachy'' differed from the surviving account of Hesiod's ''Theogony'' at salient points. The 8th century BC date for the poem is not possible; West ascribes a late seventh-century date as the earliest.
The ''Titanomachy'' was divided into at least two books. The battle of Twelve Olympians, Olympians and Titan (mythology), Titans was preceded by some sort of theogony, or genealogy of the primal gods, in which, the Byzantine writer Joannes Laurentius Lydus, Lydus remarked,''De mensibus'' 4.71. the author of Titanomachy placed the birth of Zeus, not in Crete, but in Lydia, which should signify on Mount Sipylus.
Eight surviving fragments
7th-century BC books Ancient Greek epic poems Lost poems References on Greek mythology
The ''Titanomachy'' (Greek language, Greek: Τιτανομαχία) is a lost epic poem, which is a part of Greek mythology. It deals with the struggle that Zeus and his siblings, the Twelve Olympians, Olympian Gods, had in overthrowing their father Cronus and his divine generation, the Titan (mythology), Titans.
The poem was traditionally ascribed to Eumelus of Corinth (8th century BC), a semi-legendary bard of the Bacchiadae, Bacchiad ruling family in archaic Corinth, who was treasured as the traditional composer of the ''Prosodion'', the processional anthem of Messene, Messenian independence that was performed on Delos.
Even in Antiquity many authors cited ''Titanomachia'' without an author's name. Martin Litchfield West, M. L. WestM.L. West, "'Eumelos': A Corinthian Epic Cycle?" ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'' 122 (2002), pp. 109–133. The present article follows West's analysis. in analyzing the evidence concludes that the name of Eumelos was attached to the poem as the only name available. From the very patchy evidence, it seems that "Eumelos"' account of the ''Titanomachy'' differed from the surviving account of Hesiod's ''Theogony'' at salient points. The 8th century BC date for the poem is not possible; West ascribes a late seventh-century date as the earliest.
The ''Titanomachy'' was divided into at least two books. The battle of Twelve Olympians, Olympians and Titan (mythology), Titans was preceded by some sort of theogony, or genealogy of the primal gods, in which, the Byzantine writer Joannes Laurentius Lydus, Lydus remarked,''De mensibus'' 4.71. the author of Titanomachy placed the birth of Zeus, not in Crete, but in Lydia, which should signify on Mount Sipylus.
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Eight surviving fragments
7th-century BC books Ancient Greek epic poems Lost poems References on Greek mythology