History Characters / ClassicalMythologyTitans

* TarotMotifs: She and Ophion are sometimes cited as the identities of the nude woman dancing with the snake often picture on the last Major Arcana card, the World.

* CompositeCharacter: Occasionally considered to be the same Eurynome who later fostered Zeus but this creates a ContinuitySnarl consider the way her story ends with her and her husband being killed off by Zeus' parents.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Ancient Greeks likely held Prometheus in a far dimmer light than the heroic martyr he eventually became seen as. Prometheus first appears in the works of Hesiod, who speaks contemptuously of him as a lowly, self righteous trickster and asserts that he was rightly punished for defying Zeus and that humanity would be living far more prosperously had he not directed Zeus's ire at us... albeit that Hesiod never actually explains how humanity would have been better off if they had to sacrifice a good chunk of their food instead of just bones and fat and couldn't make fire.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Now this naturally happens with all his mortal children, being an immortal god, but it's particularly emphasized in the story of Phaethon, who is killed trying to drive his father's chariot, leaving Helios a sobbing mess.

* CompositeCharacter: Occasionally considered to be the same Eurynome who later fostered Zeus but this creates a ContinutySnarl consider the way her story ends with her and her husband being killed off by Zeus' parents.

* TarotImagery: She and Ophion are sometimes cited as the identities of the nude woman dancing with the snake often picture on the last Major Arcana card, the World.

[[folder:Helios / Helius / Sol]]
!! Ἥλιος | Sol | ☉
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The Titan god of the sun, known as '''Sol''' in the Roman pantheon. Sometimes equated with Apollo, he is usually the one driving a chariot of fiery steeds across the sky.

[[Characters/ClassicalMythologyProtogenoi Protogenoi]] | '''Titans''' | [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyOlympians Olympians]] | [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMinorDeities Minor Deities]] | [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMonsters Monsters]] | [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyMortalsAndDemigods Mortals and Demigods]]]]-]]]

The Titan gods of ''Myth/ClassicalMythology''.

* IGaveMyWord: When his son Phaethon asks for evidence of his paternity, Helios swears on the River Styx to do anything he can to prove it. When Phaethon demands to drive the chariot of the sun Helios desperately tries to talk him out of it, telling him at length about how difficult and dangerous the task is, to the point that Zeus himself wouldn't be able to do it - it would be impossible for anyone other than Helios himself. But Phaethon insists, and Helios can't go back on his word, so he ''very'' reluctantly lets him do it. With predictable, borderline apocalyptic results.

* TokenGoodTeammate: A fragment attributed to the lost epic ''Titanomachy'' claims he was the only of the Titans who did not attack Zeus. This is borne out by the fact that he was one of the few titans not to be punished or imprisoned, and retained his position after the Olympian victory.

* IDoNotDrinkWine: The ancient Greeks never sacrificed wine to Helios, reasoning that the god in charge of the solar system sould not get drunk.

* LightIsGood: The Sun was seen as a giver of life and happiness. Creator/{{Plato}} writes that Helios is the symbolic offspring of the idea of the Good, and Helios is [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] depicted as helpful and decent in myths compared to most of the other JerkassGods..

* LightIsGood: The Sun was seen as a giver of life and happiness. Creator/{{Plato}} writes that Helios is the symbolic offspring of the idea of the Good.

* JerkAss: Patricidal, power hungry, paranoid, doesn't keep his word, and eats his own sons and daughters. There's a reason so many Titans bailed on him once war broke out.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As the previous king of the gods

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Ancient Greeks likely held Prometheus in a far dimmer light than the heroic martyr he eventually became seen as. Prometheus first appears in the works of Hesiod, who speaks contemptuously of him as a lowly, self righteous trickster and asserts that he was rightly punished for defying Zeus and that humanity would be living far more prosperously had he not directed Zeus's ire at us.

** He's probably BiggerOnTheInside.

* ChildEater / EatsBabies: Each kid he had with Rhea was eaten, except Zeus.

* TheDreaded:Iapetus is ''really'' hyped by the myths(even his ''chains'' get some hype as well) and is constantly put in the same sentences as Cronus as if to imply they were equals. Zeus wishes not to fight him again and when Typhon is whooping his ass, he dreads thinking of Iapetus. ''Typhon'' even says that he will keep Iapetos chains for Poseidon. According to valerius flaccus, he was the general of the titans(instead of his son Atlas) and had to be defeated before Zeus could rule the universe.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Unlike his other siblings, doesn't have a hint of a relationship with his full sister Mnemosyne, but interestingly marries his half sister Eurybia.

* FlatCharacter: Not much is know about Phoebe besides who she birthed and her having the Oracle of Delphi, which became Apollo's anyway.

Asia is interesting: she is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, making her a second generation Titan (and Oceanid), but is the wife of Iapetus, a first generation and her uncle. Together, she and her husband had Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius. It is from her that we get ''Asia'', as in the continent.

Probably one of the more well known Titans, his task, as punishment for fighting against Zeus during his war against the Titans, is to hold up Uranus (the sky) away from Gaia (the Earth) to prevent the two from "embracing". Generally considered the son of Iapetus and Asia. Later Hercules came to Atlas to ask him to retrieve the Golden Apples for him, one of his Twelve Labors. When Atlas returned, he attempted to trick Hercules into holding up Uranus permanently, as anyone who wants to take Atlas away from his task had to do it voluntarily. Hercules, however, tricked Atlas into retaking his load. Depending on the myth, Hercules either ran away with the apples or built the two Pillars of Hercules to hold up the sky, thus freeing Atlas from his task forever and liberating him, much like how Hercules also liberated Prometheus.

* ContinuitySnarl: Even considering the usual divergences to Greek mythology, Atlas has two attestments to this trope to this day; the Atlas mountains are named after the myth where Medusa's head was [[TakenForGranite to turn him to stone]], while the Pillars of Hercules have been named after two promontories said to be raised up by Hercules to hold up the sky and relieve Atlas of his duty. This being said though, some Roman sources actually reconcile the two myths by claiming the Pillars of Hercules ''was'' the Atlas mountains until [[DungeonBypass Hercules decided to smash through it]] instead of climbing over it. Another version states that Athena turned him to stone while returning the apples of the Hesperides, which solves the problem of Hercules being a descendant of Perseus.

* OppositesAttract: Despite her lust, she did have a proper divine husband/spouse. He just happens to be the god of dusk: Astraeus and he [[ContinuitySnarl may or may not]] be in Tartarus

* PrettyBoy: Some times characterized as this.

* AllLovingHero: At least according to Creator/{{Hesiod}}, who calls her "ever mild, gentle to mortals and immortal gods, mild from the beginning, most kindly within Olympus"

* DefaceOfTheMoon: The moon got its craters during her battle with Typhon (or from rocks Typhon threw at Zeus, who dodged).

* BladeOnAStick: He carried and possibly invented the spear.

* CompositeCharacter: Numerous modern interpretations combine him with Chronos, making him [[TimeMaster Titan of Time]], due to their near identical names.