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Encyclopedia > Titanomachy (epic poem)

The Titanomachy is an epic poem, which is a part of Ancient Greek Mythology. It deals with the struggle that Zeus and his siblings, the Olympic Gods, had with their father Cronus and his divine generation, the Titans. The Oricoli bust of Zeus, King of the Gods, in the collection of the Vatican Museum. ... The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Ζεύς Zeús, genitive: Διός Díos), is... The twelve gods of Olympus. ... Cronus (Ancient Greek Κρόνος, Krónos —of obscure etymology, perhaps related to horned, suggesting a possible connection with the ancient Indian demon Kroni or the Levantine deity El; or to the word χρόνος, Chronos, meaning time), also called Cronos or Kronos, was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ...



 

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