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- Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
The Hecatoncheires, also called the “Hundred-Handers,” were three children of Gaia and Uranus, named Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges With fifty heads and one hundred arms each, these creatures were a force to be reckoned with and played an important role in the war between the Titans and Olympians
- Tartarus – Mythopedia
Tartarus was a primordial deity and the embodiment of the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld With Gaia, the personification of the earth, he fathered the terrible monster Typhoeus
- Greek Names - Mythopedia
Greek names: History, structure, and meaning Philosophers, warriors, scientists—Greek culture propagated its innovations throughout the Hellenistic world more than any other country To this day, the roots of Greek naming still run deep in North American and many European cultures From the heroes of epics like the Odyssey to the legends of Greek myth like Zeus and Hercules, Greece has left
- Erymanthian Boar – Mythopedia
The Erymanthian Boar was a ferocious beast, known for terrorizing those who lived near its mountainous lair In the end, it was captured alive by Heracles, who had been sent to fight the creature for his fourth labor
- Crius – Mythopedia
Crius was a Greek Titan whose name, the “ram,” signaled strength and virility Little is known about him; he is best remembered for his children and grandchildren, including the goddesses Hecate and Nike and the monstrous creature Scylla
- Crommyonian Sow – Mythopedia
The Crommyonian Sow, sometimes known as Phaea, was an unusually large and aggressive sow who plagued the town of Crommyon The hero Theseus killed the beast while traveling to Athens to meet his father
- Cronus – Mythopedia
Cronus was the youngest of the Greek Titans, best remembered for dethroning his father Uranus He became a tyrant, however, devouring his own children until he was finally usurped by his youngest son, Zeus
- Oceanus – Mythopedia
The Greek Titan Oceanus personified the enormous expanses of water that spanned the world As patron of all things within the sea, he was generally viewed as a benevolent deity, a fatherly figure, and a giver of life
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