See also:

• BRIAREUS, or AEGAEON

BRIAREUS, or AEGAEON  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, one of the three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred-armed, fifty-headed Hecatoncheires, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Cottus and See also:

• GYGES

Gyges (or Gyes) . According to See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (Iliad i . 403) he was called Aegaeon by men, and See also:

• BRIAREUS, or AEGAEON

Briareus by the gods . He was the son of See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon (or See also:

• URANUS
• URANUS (Heaven)

Uranus) and Gaea . The legends regarding him and his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers' are various and somewhat contradictory . According to the most widely spread myth, Briareus and his brothers were called by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus to his assistance when the See also:

• TITANS (Gr. Ttraaves)

Titans were making See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war upon See also:

• OLYMPUS

Olympus . The gigantic enemies were defeated and consigned to See also:

• TARTARUS

Tartarus, at the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of which the three brothers were placed (See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod, Theog . 624, 639, 714) . Other accounts make Briareus one of the assailants of Olympus, who, after his defeat, was buried under See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Aetna (See also:

• CALLIMACHUS

Callimachus, Hymn to See also:

• DELOS

Delos, 141) . Homer mentions him as assisting Zeus when the other Olympian deities were plotting against the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of gods and men (Iliad i . 398) . Another tradition makes him a See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, ruler of the fabulous Aegaea in See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea, an enemy of Poseidon and the inventor of warships (Schol. on Apoll .

Rhod . 1165) . It would be difficult to determine exactly what natural phenomena are symbolized by the Hecatoncheires . They may represent the gigantic forces of nature which appear in earthquakes and other See also:

• CONVULSIONS

convulsions, or the multitudinous See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion of the sea waves (See also:

• MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS (1723-1762)
• MAYER, JULIUS ROBERT (1814-1878)

Mayer, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Giganten and Titanen, 1887) .