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Agrius 2. Son of
Gaia. Agrius 2 was killed
by the MOERAE with brazen
clubs [Apd.1.6.1-2, Hes.The.183ff.].
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Agrius 6. Son of a bear and Polyphonte.
Polyphonte did not honored
Aphrodite and for that
reason the goddess made her conceive a passion for
a bear. Like his brother Orius 3, he was a powerful
giant who did not honour the gods and who devoured
men. Was turned into a vulture by
Hermes [Lib.Met.21].
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Alcyoneus 1. Son of
Gaia. A giant who was
immortal so long as he fought in the land of his
birth. He was killed by
Heracles 1 who dragged
him out of Pallene, the land of his birth, after
shooting him with an arrow [Apd.1.6.1-2;
Hes.The.183 ff.; Nonn.48.22; Pin.Isth.6.33].
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ALOADS. Sons either of
Poseidon and Iphimedia,
or of Aloeus 1 and Iphimedia. These are the Giants
Ephialtes 2 and Otus 1, who sought to pull down
heaven with their bare hands, and to overthrow
Zeus. The ALOADS grew every
year a cubit in breadth and a fathom in height.
When they were nine years old, being nine cubits
broad and nine fathoms high, they resolved to fight
against the gods. So they set Mount Ossa on Olympus
and Pelion on Ossa, threatening by means of these
mountains to ascend up to heaven. They also said
that by filling up the sea with the mountains they
would make it dry land, and the land they would
make sea. They were killed by
Apollo [see also
Zeus] [Apd.1.7.4;
Hes.CWE.6; Hom.Od.11.305ff.; Hyg.Fab.28;
Pau.9.22.6; Pin.Pyth.4.89; QS.1.516ff.;
Stat.Theb.6.719; Vir.Aen.6.582ff.].
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Alpus. Son of
Gaia. Alpus revolted
against the gods and was killed by
Dionysus 2
[Nonn.25.238, 45.174].
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Chthonius 4. Son of
Gaia. One of the GIANTS
whom Hera goaded to battle
against Dionysus 2. He
was promised Aphrodite
for doing so [Nonn.48.10ff.].
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Clytius 6. Son of
Gaia. During the revolt
against the gods he was killed by
Hecate with torches
[Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Damasen. Son of
Gaia. This giant, who was
nursed by Eris, once killed
a serpent which was restored to life by another
serpent, its female partner, with the help of a
lifegiving herb [Nonn.25.486].
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Enceladus 2. Son of
Gaia. This is one of the
GIANTS who attacked the
OLYMPIANS.
Athena threw the island
of Sicily on him [Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.;
Nonn.48.22; Vir.Aen.3.578].
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Ephialtes 1. Son of
Gaia. Ephialtes 1 revolted
against the gods and was shot by
Apollo in his left eye
and by Heracles 1 in
his right [Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Eurytus 7. Son of
Gaia. One of those GIANTS
who revolted against the
OLYMPIANS. He was
killed by Dionysus 2
with a thyrsus [Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Gration. Son of
Gaia. Gration revolted
against the gods and was killed by
Artemis [Apd.1.6.1-2;
Hes.The.183ff.]
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Hippolytus 3. Son of
Gaia. Another subversive
giant. Was killed by
Hermes, who was wearing
Hades' helmet
[Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Hopladamus. This giant was enlisted by
Rhea 1 when she was
pregnant with Zeus, as an
ally against Cronos
[Pau.8.36.2].
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Mimas 1. Son of
Gaia. Another giant who
defied the OLYMPIANS.
Was killed by
Hephaestus with
missiles of red-hot metal. But some say he was
killed by Ares
[Apd.1.6.1-2; Arg.3.1226; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Orius 3. Son of a bear and Polyphonte,
and brother of Agrius 2 [see above]. Orius 3 was,
like his brother Agrius 6, a powerful giant who did
not honour the gods and who devoured men. He was
turned into a bird by
Hermes [Lib.Met.21].
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Pallas 4. Son of
Gaia. Another giant who
fought against the gods. He was killed by
Athena, who flayed him
and used his skin to shield her own body
[Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Peloreus. Son of
Gaia. One of the GIANTS who
incited by Hera fought against
Dionysus 2
[Nonn.48.10ff, 48.39].
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Polybotes. Son of
Gaia. Revolted against the
OLYMPIANS and was
killed by Poseidon, who
broke a piece off the island of Cos and threw it on
him [Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.; Pau.1.2.4].
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Porphyrion 1. Son of
Gaia. Of him it is said
that he tore Hera's robes
and wanted to rape her. It is also said that he was
promised Hebe as his wife
by Hera if he would fight
Dionysus 2.
Zeus smote him with a
thunderbolt and Heracles
1 shot him dead with an arrow [Apd.1.6.1-2;
Hes.The.183ff.; Nonn.48.20].
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Thoas 5. Son of
Gaia. During the revolt
against the gods, he was killed by the
MOERAE, with brazen clubs
[Apd.1.6.1-2; Hes.The.183ff.].
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Thurius. This giant is reported to have
fought against Heracles
1 [Pau.3.18.11].
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Typhoeus 2. Son of
Gaia. A younger Typhoeus in
all parts like the older (Typhoeus 1, that is
Typhon), who fought against
Dionysus 2 [for Typhon
see Zeus] [Nonn.48.10ff,
48.77].
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