(1)There once lived a race of huge giants called Titans. These
giants were fierce, turbulent , and lawless-always fighting
among themselves and against Jupiter, the king of the gods.
(2)One of the Titans,"whose name was Prometheus was wiser
than the rest. He often thought about what would be likely to
happen in the future.
(3)One day, Prometheus said to his brother Titans:"What is the
use of wasting so much strength? In the end, wisdom and
forethought will win. If we are going to fight against the gods,
let us choose a leader and stop quarrelling among ourselves."
(4)The Titans answered him by a shower of great rocks and
uprooted trees.
(5)Prometheus, after escaping unhurt, said to his younger
brother. "Come, Epimetheus, we can do nothing among these
Titans, If they keep on, they will tear the earth to pieces.Let us
go and help Jupiter to overcome them."
(6)Epimetheus agreed to this and the two brothers went over
to Jupiter, who called the gods together and began a terrible
battle. The Titans tore up enormous boulders and cast them at
the gods, while Jupiter hurled his thunderbolts and his
lightnings in all directions . Soon the sky was a sheet of flame,
the sea boiled, the earth trembled, and the forests took fire and
began to burn.
(7)At last the gods -partly by the help of the wise counsel of
Prometheus-conquered the Titans, took them to the ends of
the earth, and imprisoned them in a deep underground cavern.
Neptune, the sea-god, made strong bronze gates with heavy
bolts and bars, to keep the giants down,while Jupiter sent
Briareus and his brothers.three giants with fifty heads and a
hundred hands each, to stand guard over them.
(8)All but one of the Titans who had fought against the gods
were imprisoned in this cavern. This one who was not shut in
with the others was Atlas, whose enormous strength was
greater than that of his brothers, while his disposition was less
quarrelsome. He was made to stand and hold up the sky on his
hand and hande
