Typhon: He Broke Zeus & Banished the Gods from Olympus

First, we’re going to look at what’s said in ‘The Library of Greek Mythology’, a concise yet comprehensive compendium attributed to Apollodorus. It describes a version of Typhon’s battle with Zeus in which Typhon chases the gods out of Olympus, cuts the sinews from Zeus’ hands and feet, and imprisons Zeus in a cave. Following that, we’re going to quickly look at another version of this battle, the one told in Hesiod’s Theogony, which details a brief struggle in which Typhon is thoroughly trounced, walloped by Zeus in short order.