Titanomachy

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱνομαχίᾱ (Tītānomakhíā), from Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “Titan”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ια (-ia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtaɪtəˈnɒməki/

Proper noun

the Titanomachy

  1. (Greek mythology) The mythological war between the Titans and the Olympian gods.
    • 1966, M. L. West (editor), Hesiod, Theogony: edited with prolegomena and commentary by M.L. West, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page 337,
      A more important difference between the Titanomachy and Ragnarok is that the Norse gods, the Æsir, do not fight against other gods who are afterwards bound, but against an assortment of giants and monsters who have hitherto been bound .
    • 2001, Benjamin Garstad, “Theophilus of Antioch, Pseudo-Justin, and Thallus' Treatment of Moses”, in M. F. Wiles, E. J. Yarnold, P. M. Parvis, editors, Studia Patristica, Vol. XXXVI: Papers presented at the Thirteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies, Peeters Publishers, page 207:
      His[Thallus’] history was arranged in three books, and, in part, by olympiads, and covered material from the Titanomachy (dated to 322 years before the Trojan war) to at least the Crucifixion.
    • 2017, Zoe Stamatopoulou, Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry: Reception and Transformation in the Fifth Century BCE, Cambridge University Press, page 150:
      Likewise, the tragedy's treatment of the Titanomachy departs significantly from the Hesiodic account. It has been suggested that the PV[Prometheus Vinctus] may be informed by the Cyclic epic Titanomachy attributed to Eumelus (or Arctinus),72 especially since an entry in Hesychius' Lexicon73 has led some to believe that both Prometheus' involvement in the Titanomachy and his change of allegiance were elements of that Cyclic epic.

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Noun

Titanomachy (plural Titanomachies)

  1. (usually singular, by extension) Any fight between two great forces.

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