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An epic ten-year battle between the Titans and the Olympians for control of the cosmos and gods. Zeus and the other Olympians were victorious after Kronos rejected Prometheus’s foresight and reason to help outsmart Zeus. Prometheus knew that the war would be won by “superior guile, not might,” but Kronos believed only in strength. Prometheus offered his services to Zeus, and he gladly accepted. Afterward, Zeus banished Kronos and the other Titans to Tartaros, deep beneath the underworld of Hades. Aeschylus’s reference to the Battle of the Titans underscores his overarching argument that reason is more valuable than brute force.
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The Battle of the Titans Term Timeline in Prometheus Bound
The timeline below shows where the term The Battle of the Titans appears in Prometheus Bound. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...way,” so he may as well tell them the story. At the beginning of the Battle of the Titans , Prometheus tells the women, he had “offered to advise the Titans,” but he was...
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Not long after the Battle of the Titans , Prometheus tells the chorus, Zeus “intended to expunge” the human race and “grow another...
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