Titan (mythology)/Definition

In Greek mythology, according to Elizabeth Vandiver, a Classics scholar, they were gods who were the offspring or children of the primordial gods Gaia and Ouranos, and who preceded the Olympians such as Zeus and Hera and Apollo and Athena and others. They included: Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius, Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea,Themis, Eos, Helios, Selene, Leto, Asteria, Atlas, Prometheus (who helped mankind), Epimetheus, Menoetius, Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses.