Place

Mount Olympus

The high mountain position held by Zeus's side in Hesiod's war passage.

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Overview

In the Titanomachy, Mount Olympus is first a battlefield setting rather than the already institutionalised palace of the Twelve Olympians. Hesiod sets the gods born from Cronus here opposite the Titan gods on Othrys. The story preserves that spatial function while reserving the division of realms, divine households and a settled Olympian order for the next book, avoiding the importation of later familiar imagery into the war's opening.

Key facts

Position of Zeus's side

Hesiod uses Olympus to mark the mountain position of the younger divine side.

Not yet the settled divine order

Here Olympus functions as a war position. The division by lot appears in Pseudo-Apollodorus, while the fuller divine order is treated elsewhere.

Relationships

TitanomachyZeus's side holds
Zeus's side fights from Olympus.
Olympian Ordercentred on Olympus
The story uses Olympus as the spatial centre of divine assembly and household.

Story appearances

The TitanomachyThe high mountain position held by Zeus's side in Hesiod's war passage.
The high mountain position held by Zeus's side in Hesiod's war passage.
Olympian OrderFigure or event appearing in Olympian Order
Figure or event appearing in Olympian Order within the family, honours or council order that follows Zeus' victory.

Ancient sources

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