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Coeüs

Titan of intellect. Coeüs (Coeus) was the son of Uranus and Gaea. He married his sister Phoebe and became the father of Leto and Asteria.

Coeüs seemed to be the god of intellect.

When Zeus overthrew Cronus and the other male Titans, Coeüs was confined with his brothers and nephews in Tartarus.

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Coeüs, Coeus, Coios, Koios, Κοἳος.
Polus (Roman).

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By Jimmy Joe

Titans:

  • • Cronus (Saturn)
  • • Rhea (Ops)
  • • Oceanus
  • • Tethys
  • • Hyperion
  • • Theia
  • • Themis
  • • Mnemosyne
  • • Iapetus
  • • Coeüs
  • • Crius
  • • Phoebe
  • • Dione
  • • Atlas
  • • Prometheus
  • • Epimetheus
  • • Leto
  • • Asteria
  • • Perses
  • • Pallas
  • • Astraeüs
Coeus

Coeus

Coeus: Titan and Pillar of the North One of the more obscure characters in Greek Mythology was Coeus, Titan god of intellect. Little is known of him, other than his wife and children, parentage, and a minor role in the Titanomachy. Like many of hi...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Crius

Crius

Titan. Crius was the son of Uranus and Gaea. Crius married his half-sister Eurybia, daughter of Gaea and Pontus, and became the father of Perses, Pallas and Astraeus. When Zeus overthrew Cronus and the other Titans, Crius was confined with them in...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Phoebe

Phoebe

Titaness of the moon. Phoebe was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. Phoebe married her brother Coeüs (Coeus). Phoebe became the mother of Leto and Asteria, so Phoebe was the grandmother of Apollo, Artemis and Hecate. Her name means "light", and she ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Phoebe

Phoebe

Phoebe: Shining, Serene Grandmother of Greek Mythology Phoebe, titan goddess of the moon, was one of the 12 first-generation Titans. Not much is known about her, and she didn’t play an active role in many myths. However, the stories of her childre...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Uranus (Sky)

Uranus (Sky)

The sky and the god of the sky. Uranus was the son of Gaea and possibly of Aether. Uranus married his mother and became the first supreme ruler of the world. (According to the Orphic myth, Gaea and Uranus were not mother and son. Rather they were ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Theia

Theia

Titaness of sorcery. Theia was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was sometimes called, Euryphaëssa (Eurtphaessa). Theia was the goddess of light. She married her brother Hyperion, and was the mother of Eos ("Dawn"), Helius ("Sun"), and Selene (...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Iapetus

Iapetus

Titan. Iapetus was the son of Uranus and Gaea. He married the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, either Clymene or Asia. Iapetus was the father of the Titans, Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus. Some said that Iapetus married his own sister ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Oceanus

Oceanus

Titan and god of the river Oceanus (Ocean). Oceanus was the eldest son of Uranus and Gaea. The river Oceanus was said to flow in a circular stream around the earth, which was conceived of as a flat disk. Oceanus married his sister Tethys. All of h...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Astraeüs

Astraeüs

Son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia. He was the brother of Perses and Pallas. By the goddess Eos, he was the father of Boreas, Zephyrus and Notus - gods of winds (see also Aeolus for more detail about the wind gods). His name means "Starry" becaus...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Eurybia

Eurybia

Daughter of Gaea and Pontus. Eurybia married the Titan Crius, and was the mother of Astraeüs (Astraeus), Perses and Pallas. For some reason, Hesiod says that she had a heart of flint. Hesiod had also called her a bright goddess.

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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