Ophion

OPHION was the first of the Titan gods to rule Olympos. However, he was overthrown by Kronos, who wrestled him for the throne and cast him down defeated into the Ocean-Stream. At the same time Ophion's wife Eurynome was wrestled and cast down by Rheia.

PARENTS
Presumably OURANOS & GAIA, though nowhere stated
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OPHION (Ophiôn), a Titan, was married to Eurynome, with whom he shared the supremacy previous to the reign of Cronos and Rhea; but being conquered by the latter, he and Eurynome were thrown into Oceanus or Tartarus. (Apollon. Rhod. i. 503, &c.; Tzetz, ad Lyc. 1191.) There are two other mythical beings of the same name. (Ov. Met. xii. 245; Claudian. Rapt. Pros. iii. 348.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.



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OPHION KING OF HEAVEN
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 498 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) :
"He [Orpheus] sang of . . . how, in the beginning, Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, governed the world from snow-clad Olympos; how they were forcibly supplanted, Ophion by Kronos, Eurynome by Rhea; of their fall into the waters of Okeanos; and how their successors ruled the happy Titan gods."

Callimachus, Aetia Fragment 177 (trans. Trypanis) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"As he [Helios the Sun] shines on the descendants of Ophionides (sons of Ophion) . . (lacuna) the older gods [the Titanes]." [N.B. Ophion is here equated with Ouranos, father of the Titanes.]

Lycophron, Alexandra 1191 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) :
"Him [Zeus] who is lord of Ophion’s throne [the king wrestled and deposed by Kronos] . . . his [Zeus'] mother [Rhea], skilled in wrestling, having cast into Tartaros the former queen [Eurynome]."

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 2. 563 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"[Zeus gloats over the body of the vanquished giant Typhoeus who was sent by Gaia (Earth) to champion the Titanes :] Kronides laughed aloud, and taunted him like this in a flood of words from his mocking throat : `A fine ally has old Kronos found in you, Typhoeus! Gaia could scarcely bring forth that great son for Iapetos! A jolly champion of Titanes! . . . Bring back Astraios to heaven; if you wish, let Eurynome and Ophion return to the sky, and Kronos in the train of that pair!'"

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 8. 110 ff :
"[Hera speaks :] `I am afraid Kronides [Zeus], who is called my husband and brother, will banish me from heaven for a woman’s bed . . . I will leave heaven because of their earthly marriage, I will go to the uttermost bounds of Okeanos and share the hearth of primeval Tethys; thence I will pass to the house of and abide with Ophion.'" [N.B. In this passage Ophion is identified with Okeanos, husband of Tethys.]

Nonnus, Dionysiaca 12. 43 ff :
"[Inscribed on the tablets of Phanes, telling the story of the cosmos :] The first tablet, old as the infinite past, containing all things in one : upon it was all that Ophion lord paramount had done, all that ancient Kronos accomplished : when he cut off his father’s male plowshare." [N.B. Ophion is apparently identified with Ouranos in this passage.]