Briareus

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]

A Uranid with 50 heads and 100 arms, son of Ouranos and Gaia, i. e . Heaven and Earth, whom Poseidon cast into the sea and buried under Etna, but whom Zeus delivered to aid him against the Titans; according to another account, one of The Giants ( q. v .).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

in Greek mythology, is the name which the deities gave to the frightful. hundred-armed giant AEgaeon.

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