Mnemosyne – Mythopedia Mnemosyne, whose name translates to “memory,” was one of the original Greek Titans born to Gaia and Uranus An inspirational deity, Mnemosyne controlled all forms of speech and rhetoric Kings, poets, and philosophers would call upon her whenever they wished to craft powerful and persuasive oratory
Phoebe - Mythopedia She first appears in a list of the children of Gaia and Uranus; according to Hesiod, Gaia bore “deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys ” Cronus, who would eventually overthrow Uranus, was the youngest of Phoebe’s siblings
Theia – Mythopedia Among her brothers and sisters were the other Titans—Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Oceanus, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, Themis, and Rhea—as well as the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes, destructive monsters who terrorized gods and mortals alike Family Tree Parents
Titans – Mythopedia deep-swirling Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis and Mnemosyne and gold-crowned Phoebe and lovely Tethys After them was born Cronos the wily, youngest and most terrible of [Gaia’s] children, and he hated his lusty sire These twelve Titans, like other Greek gods, were immortal and ageless
Tethys - Mythopedia A daughter of the primordial deities Gaia and Uranus, Tethys was one of twelve Titans, the others being Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Thea, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe and Oceanus Tethys’ siblings also included the horrific one-eyed Cyclopes and the equally detested Hecatoncheires —monsters with a hundred hands each
Erinyes (Furies) – Mythopedia The Erinyes (“Furies”) were terrifying sisters who acted as goddesses of vengeance and retribution From their grim home in the Underworld, the Erinyes punished crimes that violated the natural order—especially offenses against family members
Oceanus - Mythopedia The firstborn son of the primordial deities Gaia and Uranus, Oceanus had many siblings These included the Titans Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Thea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe and Rhea, Tethys, and Cronus—as well as the one-eyed Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires, monsters with a hundred hands each Family Tree Parents
Theogony (Full Text) - Mythopedia (915–917) And again, he loved Mnemosyne with the beautiful hair: and of her the nine gold-crowned Muses were born who delight in feasts and the pleasures of song (918–920) And Leto was joined in love with Zeus who holds the aegis, and bare Apollo and Artemis delighting in arrows, children lovely above all the sons of Heaven
Themis - Mythopedia Themis was a Greek Titan most famous for embodying the concept of justice Unlike the other Titans, she sided with the Olympians in their celestial war with her brethren Today, her image survives as “Lady Justice,” wearing a chiton (a kind of tunic) and holding a set of balanced scales
Iapetus – Mythopedia His brothers and sisters included not only the other Titans—Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Thea, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Oceanus, Tethys, and Cronus—but also the monstrous Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires According to the standard account (as told by Hesiod), Iapetus took Clymene, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, as his wife