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Epic Cycle

War of the Titans

fragment 1

Photius, Epitome of the Chrestomathy of Proclus

The Epic Cycle begins with the fabled union of Ouranos (Heaven) and Ge (Earth), by which they make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him.

fragment 2

Anecdota Oxon. (Cramer) i. 75

According to the writer of the War of the Titans Ouranos (Heaven) was the son of Aither.

fragment 3

Schol on Ap. Rhod. Arg. i. 1165

Eumelus says that Aigaeon was the son of Ge (Earth) and Pontos (Sea) and, having his dwelling in the sea, was an ally of the Titans.

fragment 4

Athenaeus, vii. 277 D

The poet of the War of the Titans, whether Eumelus of Korinth or Arktinos, writes thus in his second book: "Upon the shield were dumb fish afloat, with golden faces, swimming and sporting through the heavenly water."

fragment 5

Athenaeus, i. 22 C

Eumelus somewhere introduces Zeus dancing; he says—"In the midst of them danced the father of men and gods."

fragment 6

Schol. on Ap. Rhod. Arg. i. 554

The author of the War of the Giants says that Kronos took the shape of a horse and lay with Philyra, the daughter of Okeanos (Ocean). Through this cause Kheiron was born a Centaur; his wife was Khariklo.

fragment 7

Athenaeus, xi. 470 B

Theolytos says that he (Herakles) sailed across the sea in a cauldron; but the first to give this story is the author of the War of the Titans.

fragment 8

Philodemus, On Piety

The author of the War of the Titans says that the apples (of the Hesperides) were guarded.

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