THE WAR OF THE TITANS

Fragment #1—Photius, Epitome of the Chrestomathy of Proclus: The Epic

Cycle begins with the fabled union of Heaven and Earth, by which they

make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him.

Fragment #2—Anecdota Oxon. (Cramer) i. 75: According to the writer of

the _War of the Titans_ Heaven was the son of Aether.

Fragment #3—Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. i. 1165: Eumelus says

that Aegaeon was the son of Earth and Sea and, having his dwelling in

the sea, was an ally of the Titans.

Fragment #4—Athenaeus, vii. 277 D: The poet of the _War of the Titans_,

whether Eumelus of Corinth or Arctinus, writes thus in his second book:

‘Upon the shield were dumb fish afloat, with golden faces, swimming and

sporting through the heavenly water.’

Fragment #5—Athenaeus, i. 22 C: Eumelus somewhere introduces Zeus

dancing: he says—‘In the midst of them danced the Father of men and

gods.’

Fragment #6—Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, Arg. i. 554: The author of

the _War of the Giants_ says that Cronos took the shape of a horse and

lay with Philyra, the daughter of Ocean. Through this cause Cheiron was

born a centaur: his wife was Chariclo.

Fragment #7—Athenaeus, xi. 470 B: Theolytus says that he (Heracles)

sailed across the sea in a cauldron 2701; but the first to give this

story is the author of the _War of the Titans_.

Fragment #8—Philodemus, On Piety: The author of the _War of the Titans_

says that the apples (of the Hesperides) were guarded.

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