The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
The secondary race of gods in Greek mythology, comprising the six sons and the six daughters of the sky-god → Uranós and the earth-goddess → Gaia. According to Hesiod they form six sets of pairs; among the best known of these pairs are → Okeanos and → Thetys, → Hyperion and → Theia, → Kronos and → Rheia.
Others are Koios and Phoibe, Kreios and Eurybie, → Iapetos and Klymene. Led by the youngest son Kronos, the Titans topple their father Uranós; later, however, they too are overthrown by → Zeus with the help of the → Cyclops.
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