Ophion

"Serpent." One of the eldest of the Titans, married to Eurynome. He briefly ruled heaven after his father Uranus was overthrown, but was ousted by his brother Cronus and cast into Oceanus or Tartarus.

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References

Sources

  • Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica i, 503 ff.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Tzetzes on Lycurgus' Against Leocrates, 191.