- 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, Library Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Pausanias Euripides, Cyclops Hesiod, Ehoiai Euripides, Phoenician Women Strabo Eumelos, Titanomachy Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, On Sacrifices Lucian, Zeus Rants Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus Callimachus, Hymn to Athena Lucian, Timon, or the Misanthrope Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, The Dance Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Bacchylides, Dithyrambs Pindar, Pythian 8 Pindar, Nemean 1 Pindar, Nemean 7 Pomponius Mela D-Scholia, Iliad Callimachus Ovid, 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)