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TITAN

Titan is the sixth satellite (or moon) of Saturn. It was discovered in 1655 by Huygens.
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TITAN ARUM

Titan arum is a large and impressive plant of the genus Amorphophallus. In 2003, a Titan arum at the Botanical Gardens, Bonn, Germany flowered for three days, with an inflorescence that reached 274 centimeters in length. As with most other species of the genus Amorphophallus, Titan arum has a foul odour, and produces a perfume resembling decaying fish.
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BIA

In Greek mythology, Bia was a son of Styx and the Titan Pallas. Bia was the personification of might and force.
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BRIAREUS

In Greek mythology, Briareus (Briareos) or Aegaeon was a son of Uranus and Gaea. He was one of the Hekatoncheires, a giant with a hundred hands and fifty heads, who helped Zeus to conquer Cronos and his Titan allies, and guarded the Titans when they were imprisoned by Zeus in Tartarus.
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HELIOS

In Greek mythology, Helios was the god of the sun (the Roman Sol), son of the Titan Hyperion and Theia, and brother of Eos and Selene. He was said to dwell with Eos in the ocean behind Colchis, from which he issued in the morning and to which he returned at night. He later began to be identified with Apollo, but the identification was never complete. His worship was widely spread, and he had temples in Corinth, Argos, Troezen and Elis, but particularly in Rhodes, the Colossus of which was a representation of Helios. The island of Trinacria was also sacred to Helios, and here his daughters, Phoetusa and Lampetia, kept his flocks of sheep and oxen. It was customary to offer up white lambs or boars on his altars. The animals sacred to him were horses, wolves, cocks and eagles.
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IRIS

In Greek and Roman mythologies, Iris was the goddess of the rainbow. She was the daughter of Thaumas and the Titan Electra. She was a sister of the Harpies. She was a beautiful, winged messenger who was taken into heaven by Hera to be her handmaiden. She conveyed divine commands from Zeus and Hera to mankind, assisting those who were having trouble dying by severing the last threads of life. She was also tasked with keeping the clouds filled with rain.
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LETO

In Greek mythology Leto was the daughter of the Titan Coeus and Phoebe and the mother of Apollo and Artemis. She was an early lover of Zeus and Hera was jealous of her. The Romans called her Latona.
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OCEANUS

In Greek mythology, Oceanus was the son of Uranus and Gaea. He was the only Titan not to revolt against Uranus.
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PHOEBE

In Greek mythology, Phoebe was the goddess of waxing and waning cycles. Ruler of the sapphire- regioned moon and cloven-hoofed animals. In Greek mythology, Phoebe was a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Ge, and the mother of Leto and Asteria by her brother Coeus.
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PROMETHEUS

Prometheus was a Greek hero. He was a son of the Titan Japetus and the sea nymph Clymene. Prometheus obtained fire for mankind from Zeus.
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