Hecatoncheires
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(Hecato nchires) Greek
The hundred-handed giants, offspring of Gaia and
Uranus. Their names were Briareus, Cottus, and
Gyges. They helped Zeus in the war against the Titans.
The Hundred-Handed Ones are thought to represent
early bands of warriors, who were organized in groups
of 100 men. In Latin poetry, their name is Centimani.
Liens utiles
- Hecatoncheires (Hecato nchires) Greek The hundred-handed giants, offspring of Gaia and Uranus.
- Cyclopes (1) (Singular: Cyclops; Round-eyed) Greek Three sons of Uranus and Gaia, large and strong, each with one eye in the middle of his forehead; siblings of the Hecatoncheires, hundredhanded giants, and the younger Titans.