Titans second level

The first twelve Titans comprised the females <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne" title="Mnemosyne">Mnemosyne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys%28mythology%29" title="Tethys (mythology)">Tethys</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia" title="Theia">Theia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe%28mythology%29" title="Phoebe (mythology)">Phoebe</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea%28mythology%29" title="Rhea (mythology)">Rhea</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themis" title="Themis">Themis</a> and the males <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanus" title="Oceanus">Oceanus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion%28mythology%29" title="Hyperion (mythology)">Hyperion</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeus" title="Coeus">Coeus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus" title="Cronus">Cronus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crius" title="Crius">Crius</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iapetus_%28mythology%29" title="Iapetus (mythology)">Iapetus</a>.

A second set of Titans consisted of Hyperion's children <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios" title="Helios">Helios</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene" title="Selene">Selene</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos" title="Eos">Eos</a>; Coeus' children <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelantos" title="Lelantos">Lelantos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto" title="Leto">Leto</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteria%28mythology%29" title="Asteria (mythology)">Asteria</a>; Iapetus' sons <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas%28mythology%29" title="Atlas (mythology)">Atlas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus" title="Prometheus">Prometheus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus%28mythology%29" title="Epimetheus (mythology)">Epimetheus</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menoetius%28Greek_mythology%29" title="Menoetius (Greek mythology)">Menoetius</a>; Oceanus' daughter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metis%28mythology%29" title="Metis (mythology)">Metis</a>; and Crius' sons <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraeus" title="Astraeus">Astraeus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%28Titan%29" title="Pallas (Titan)">Pallas</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perses_%28Titan%29" title="Perses (Titan)">Perses</a>.

Like Cronus overthrowing his father Uranus, the Titans were overthrown by Cronus' children (Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Hera and Demeter), in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanomachy" title="Titanomachy">Titanomachy</a> (or "War of the Titans"). The Greeks may have borrowed this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mytheme" title="Mytheme">mytheme</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East">Ancient Near East</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28mythology%29#cite_note-1">[1]</a>