Friday, 8 June 2012

Gigantes (giants)


Immortals 

Gigantes (giants)


  • The Hekatoncheires (Ἑκατόγχειρες), or Centimanes (Latin), the Hundred-Handed Ones, giant gods of violent storms and hurricanes. Three sons of Uranus and Gaea, each with their own distinct characters
  • .Briareus or Aigaion (Βριάρεως), The Vigorous
  • Cottus (Κόττος), The Furious
  • Gyges (Γύγης), The Big-
  • Limned
  • Agrius
  •  (Ἄγριος), a man-eating Thracian giant who was half-man and half-bear
  • Alcyoneus
  •  (Ἀλκυονεύς), the king of the Thracian giants, who was slain by Heracles
  • Aloadae
  •  (Ἀλῳάδαι), twin giants who attempted to storm heavenOtos (Ότος)
  • Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης)
  • Antaeus
  •  (Ἀνταῖος), a Libyan giant who wrestled all visitors to the death until he was slain by Heracles
  • Argus Panoptes
  •  (Ἄργος Πανόπτης), a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding over Io
  • Cyclopes
  •  (Elder), three one-eyed giants who forged the lightning-bolts of ZeusArges (Ἄργης)
  • Brontes (Βρόντης)
  • Steropes (Στερόπης)
  • Cyclopes
  •  (Younger), a tribe of one-eyed, man-eating giants who shepherded flocks of sheep on the island of Sicily
  • Polyphemus (Πολύφημος), a cyclops who briefly captured Odysseus and his men, only to be overcome and blinded by the hero
  • Enceladus
  •  (Ἐγκέλαδος), one of the Thracian giants who made war on the gods
  • The
  •  Gegenees (Γηγενέες), a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia
  • Geryon
  •  (Γηρυών), a three-bodied, four-winged giant who dwelt on the red island of Erytheia
  • The
  •  Laestrygonians (Λαιστρυγόνες), a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels
  • Orion
  •  (Ὠρίων), a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion
  • Porphyrion
  •  (Πορφυρίων), the king of the Gigantes who was struck down by Heracles and Zeus with arrows and lightning-bolts after he attempted to rape Hera
  • Talos
  •  (Τάλως), a giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus, and gifted by Zeus to his lover Europa as her personal protector
  • Tityos
  •  (Τίτυος), a giant slain by Apollo and Artemis when he attempted to violate their mother Leto.
  • Typhon
  •  (Τυφῶν), a monstrous immortal storm-giant who was defeated and imprisoned in the pits of Tartarus

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