Redirected from Hecantochires
Afterwards the Hecatoncheires became the guards of the gates of Tartarus. In the Iliad there is a story, found nowhere else in mythology, that at one point the gods were trying to overthrow Zeus but were stopped when Thetis brought a Hecantocheire to his aid. They are often considered sea-deities, and may be derived from pentekonters, longboats[?] with fifty oarsmen.
They were Briareus ("strong"), Gyges (or Gyes) and Cottu ("son of Cottytus"). Homer also referred to Briareus as Aegaeon ("goatish"), and said he was a marine deity and son of Poseidon.
In Latin, the Hecatonchires were also known as the Centimani.
Search Encyclopedia
|
Featured Article
|