Title: The Battle Between the Gods and the Titans
Date: 1600
Artist: Joachim Wtewael
Information: According to Greek mythology, the world was once run by a group of deities known as the
Titans. Their leader, Cronus, had eaten most of his offspring in a bid to prevent their prophesised rebellion however his youngest son, Zeus, escaped this fate. After freeing his siblings from their father’s stomach, they moved to Mount Olympus from which they waged war on the Titans.
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