Hey Everyone, Welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video we're going to explore whether, despite losing the war, it was the titans who were actually more powerful than the gods.Let's get into it.The Greek creation myth was one defined by great conflicts. The primordial deities were succeeded by the Titans, and subsequently, the Titans were then superseded by the gods, who went on to trounce the giants in the Gigantomachy and to defeat Typhon, unequivocally the most powerful monster in all of Greek mythology. Yes, the titans were defeated by the gods, and yes, all of the belligerent titans - with the exception of Atlas - were forever imprisoned in the great abyss beneath the earth, forever banished in the infernal depths of Tartarus. At the same time, though, it must be conceded that the strength of the gods was augmented by weapons and reinforcements brought into the mix by way of outside forces. Sometime after Zeus made his existence known and rescued his five brothers and sisters trapped within Cronus, they took a trip down to Tartarus, slayed the dragon Campe, the jailor, and freed the three Cyclopes and the three Hecatonchires. Both of these trios sided with the gods and joined the war effort, but contributed in very different ways. The cyclopes were great craftsmen, and so, they made three awesome weapons for the gods: Zeus received the lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon in all of Greek mythology; Poseidon received the trident, which could shake and sunder the earth; and Hades received the helm of darkness, which granted the wearer perfect invisibility. These weapons outclassed any the Titans had enhancing their forces.
