Titans

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The gods in classical mythology who ruled the universe until they were overthrown by Zeus. Atlas and Prometheus were Titans.

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notes for Titans

Any great and powerful person can be called a “titan.”

What does masculinity look like in a world where men and women alike can be titans?
Men Need A Better Men’s Rights Movement|Nancy Kaffer|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A bunch of old, white, rock titans come together with young, white, X Factor hotties to persuade Britain to heal Africa.
Do They Know It’s Time to Stop Band Aid?|Tom Sykes|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The parallels Hong Kong readers find between the encroaching Titans and China have made it a huge success there.
This Author Kills More Darlings Than George R.R. Martin|David Levesley|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The marauding, man-eating Titans are mutated, androgynous beasts that have no need to feed but love to kill.
This Author Kills More Darlings Than George R.R. Martin|David Levesley|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Paul Rand and Alvin Lustig, the twin titans of mid-century American graphic design.
How Jews Created American Modernism|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She could right well preside over such a battle of the Cloud-Titans, and conduct the lightnings softly, without explosions.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
The table was spread beside a marble basin, into which a little group of sportive Titans were seen spouting.
Sir Jasper Carew|Charles James Lever
The defenders did not linger, but rushed forward to meet them and their embrace was the death-lock of Titans.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
It might be a draught-board for Titans with draughts that would measure ten yards in circumference.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti
These, then, stood against the Titans in grim strife, holding huge rocks in their strong hands.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod