Titans are the first type of Greek gods and the parents of the first Olympian gods, most notably Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Kronos and the other Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus after the Olympians overthrew them.
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Titan Term Timeline in The Lightning Thief
The timeline below shows where the term Titan appears in The Lightning Thief. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...Brunner asks Percy to explain the pictures on the stele. Percy explains that it’s the Titan Kronos eating his kids, but someone hid baby Zeus and when Zeus grew up, he...
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Chapter 10
...Chiron isn’t old enough to remember, but he says that Kronos, the lord of the Titans, called his reign the Golden Age—but he didn’t care for humans. Humans only began to...
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Chapter 21
...into a thousand pieces in the First War and cast the remains into Tartarus, but Titans can’t die. Kronos is still alive, conscious, and power-hungry. Percy says that he’s healing and...
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