All 14 Uses of
Titans
in
The Hidden Oracle
- You did not reveal your hand when the Titans stormed New York.†
p. 170.8
- You remember before that, during the Titan War, Luke Castellan mentioned he had backers in the mortal world?†
p. 197.6 *Titan = Greek Mythology: one of the giant-sized gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus (also the name of Saturn's largest moon)
- He betrayed this camp and allied himself with the Titans.†
p. 197.9
- Gods, monsters, Titans ...these are always dangerous.†
p. 200.1
- I mean Rhea, Queen of the Titans, the mother of the first generation of Olympian gods.†
p. 203.1
- If Rhea is a Titan, isn't she evil?†
p. 203.5Titan = Greek Mythology: one of the giant-sized gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus (also the name of Saturn's largest moon)
- "Not all Titans were bad," I said.†
p. 203.5
- With difficulty, I sat up and faced the Titan queen.†
p. 242.5Titan = Greek Mythology: one of the giant-sized gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus (also the name of Saturn's largest moon)
- They don't get what it was like when your old man was eating your children and you couldn't get a real job and the Titan chauvinists just wanted you to stay home and cook and clean and have more Olympian babies.†
p. 244.2
- I had been hoping she would say something else: giants, Titans, ancient killing machines, aliens.†
p. 244.8
- The Titan queen placed the wind chimes in my hands.†
p. 249.4Titan = Greek Mythology: one of the giant-sized gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus (also the name of Saturn's largest moon)
- I thought of Rhea, Queen of the Titans, who had first planted this grove.†
p. 285.5
- It's the mouthpiece of a senile Titan queen.†
p. 287.8Titan = Greek Mythology: one of the giant-sized gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus (also the name of Saturn's largest moon)
- I also wanted to remind him that the Triumvirate might well have orchestrated all our previous troubles with the Titans and giants, which would make them more powerful than anything Leo had ever faced.†
p. 360.5
Definitions:
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(Titans as in: Atlas from Greek mythology) Greek mythology: the giant-sized gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by ZeusAtlas (often seen holding the earth) is perhaps the best known Titan. The Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth).
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(Titanic as in: sinking of the Titanic) large British passenger ship that hit an iceberg and sank -- killing about 1500 people in 1912
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(titan as in: titan of industry) someone who is powerful or large
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Saturn's largest moon is named "Titan" because of its size.