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The Titans Research Paper

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Titans are mythological entities used to understand the intended chaos and creation of the world before the gods were born. Many years later the Olympian gods, including Zeus, and the Titans had a series of wars called the Titanomachy to decide who would rule the universe. Once the Olympians won the war lead by Zeus, the Titans were all confined to Tartarus except for Atlas. Atlas has 3 brothers, Menoitios, Prometheus, and Epimetheus all from their mother Clymene, a sea nymph, and the Titan Iapetus. Atlas, being the one who led the Titans to war, was showed great hostility from Zeus unlike the rest of his family. Although he is commonly associated with the Earth, he is actually sent to hold up the heavens far west in the Land of Hesperides.The
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