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👥 the Giants

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8228863" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8228863">🌍 Arcadia </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="10137185" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_10137185">🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia) </span>
  • Sometimes conflated with
    👥 the Hundred-Handers
    Children of
    👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Ouranos
    Born at
    🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice)
    Born from
    🏺 the Genitals of Ouranos
    Led by
    👤 Cronos 👤 Porphyrion (giant) 👤 Eurymedon (giant)
    Wounded by
    🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus
    Dies at
    🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Myconos (island) 🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice) 🌍 the Phlegraian Plain (Campania) 🌍 Phanagoreia (Pontos)
    Killed by
    👤 Zeus 👤 Heracles 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🏺 the Bow of Heracles 👥 the Olympian Gods
    Buried at
    🌍 Myconos (island) 🌍 Pithecoussai (island) 🏛️ the Spring of the Giants (Leuca)
    Includes
    👤 Agrios (giant) 👤 Alcyoneus (giant)👤 Atlas 👤 Clytios (giant) 👤 Cronos 👤 Encelados (giant) 👤 Ephialtes (giant) 👤 Eurytos (giant) 👤 Gration 👤 Hippolytos (giant) 👤 Pallas (giant)👤 Polybotes (giant) 👤 Porphyrion (giant) 👤 Mimas (giant) 👤 Thoon (giant) 👤 Hopladamos 👤 Eurymedon (giant)
    Related Entities
    👤 Agrios (giant) 👤 Alcyoneus (giant)👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Athena 👤 Atlas 👤 Briareos 👥 the Centaurs 👤 Clytios (giant) 👤 Cronos 👥 the Cyclopes (Odyssean) 👤 Dionysos 👤 Encelados (giant) 👤 Eos 👤 Ephialtes (giant) 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Eurytos (giant) 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Ouranos 👤 Rhea 🏺 the Genitals of Ouranos 👤 Zeus 👤 Gration 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Hippolytos (giant) 👤 Typhon 👤 Pallas (giant)👤 Hubris 👥 the Hundred-Handers 👤 Polybotes (giant) 👤 Porphyrion (giant) 👤 Mimas (giant) 👤 Seilenos 👤 Selene 👤 Teiresias 👤 Thoon (giant) 👥 the Titans 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🌍 Egypt 👤 Helios 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Tartessos (Spain) 🌍 River Styx (Underworld) 🌍 Myconos (island) 🌍 Pallene (Chalcidice) 🌍 Mount Ossa (Thessaly) 👥 the Olympian Gods🌍 Erebos (Underworld) 🌍 Liguria (Italy) 👥 the Laistrygonians 🌍 Pithecoussai (island) 👤 Hopladamos 🏛️ Spring Olympias (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Thaumasion (Arcadia) 👤 Eurymedon (giant) 👥 the Phaiacians🌍 the Phlegraian Plain (Campania) 🌍 Sithonia (Thrace) 🌍 Leuca (S. Italy) 🏛️ the Spring of the Giants (Leuca)🌍 Leuternia (S. Italy) 🌍 Phanagoreia (Pontos) 👤 Brychon
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.1📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.6.1📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 44-68📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 115-143📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 494-534📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1351-1361📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1397-1408📖 Pausanias 1.25.2📖 Pausanias 8.36.2📖 Pausanias 2.17.3📖 Pausanias 8.29.1📖 Pausanias 8.29.2📖 Homer, Odyssey 7.53-7.78📖 Homer, Odyssey 7.199-7.206📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.80-10.133📖 Euripides, Cyclops 1-40📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 69 Most📖 Pausanias 8.29.3-8.29.4📖 Pausanias 8.36.2-8.36.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.6.1-1.6.2📖 Hesiod, Theogony 173-206📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1085-1140📖 Eumelos, Titanomachy fr. 3 West📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 15📖 Lucian, On Sacrifices 14📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1-9📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Athena 1-32📖 Lucian, Timon, or the Misanthrope 4📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 2📖 Lucian, The Dance 38📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 119 Harder📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 4📖 Pindar, Pythian 8 1-20📖 Pindar, Nemean 1 31-72📖 Pindar, Nemean 7 80-105📖 Pomponius Mela 2.36📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 8.479📖 Strabo 7 fr. 14a-b Radt📖 Strabo 10.5.9📖 Strabo 10.5.16📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.151-1.176📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.177-198📖 Strabo 5.4.4📖 Strabo 5.4.6📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.486a📖 Strabo 6.3.5📖 Strabo 11.2.10📖 Lucian, Zeus Rants 3📖 Callimachus fr. 595 Pfeiffer
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyLycophron, AlexandraHomer, OdysseyPausaniasEuripides, CyclopsHesiod, EhoiaiEuripides, Phoenician WomenStraboEumelos, TitanomachyCallimachus, AetiaLucian, On SacrificesLucian, Zeus RantsCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusCallimachus, Hymn to AthenaLucian, Timon, or the MisanthropeLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, The DancePs-Lucian, The PatriotBacchylides, DithyrambsPindar, Pythian 8Pindar, Nemean 1Pindar, Nemean 7Pomponius MelaD-Scholia, IliadCallimachusOvid, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Odyssey 7.199-7.206📖 Homer, Odyssey 10.80-10.133📖 Euphorion fr. 57 Lightfoot📖 Cyclic Poets p. 74 Davies
    Depictions
    🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Δ 55)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Δ 73; Beazley 361150)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Δ 420)🎨 Terracotta Relief Krater (CAMU Δ 458)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Kylix (CAMU Δ 800)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Theseus Painter (Cyclades ΝΓ 265; Beazley 351527; LIMC Gigantes 296)🎨 Boiotian Black-Figure Kylix (Cyclades 753)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Pelike in the manner of the Acheloos Painter (Otago E48.226; Beazley 302889)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos in the manner of the Haimon Painter (Otago E48.248; Beazley 305889)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di L. Aelius Magnus VIII 2, 21, Pompeii (PALP r8-i2-p21)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8061, B4346)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4912)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8292, B8296)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1642)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)
    Reported depictions
    🌍 the Acropolis of Athens🏺 the Shield of Capaneus🎨 Metopes on the Temple of Argive Hera, Argolid (LIMC Gigantes 21)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Methydrion (Arcadia)
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