Titans

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

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

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?
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Kip Pardue What you remember him from: Playing Sunshine, the new guy with long hair in Remember the Titans.
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In those days, the hard right had no real influence among the titans of corporate America.
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The Titans ended up with the ball back in their hands on their 12-yard line with 1:48 to go.
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The new team, which initially called itself the Titans, soon became the more modern Jets.
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Eurynome is represented by some as one of the Titans, the wife of Ophion.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley
He rather answers to one of the race of Titans, and especially to Prometheus, the son of a Titan.
Modern Mythology|Andrew Lang
They are the Titans who carried Olympus by assault, and who will soon stand victors upon Sinai's crags.
The Ghosts|Robert G. Ingersoll
Before the Trojan war we used to talk of the rebellion of the Titans, but that business now is an old almanac.
The Infernal Marriage|Benjamin Disraeli
Perhaps it is a reference to the Greek tale that Hyperion, one of the Titans, was the father of the sun.
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil