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THE HEKATONKHEIRES

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The Hecatoncheires were creatures ofGreek Mythology.

HEKATONKHEIRES (or Hecatoncheires) were three giant

gods of violent storms and hurricanes .

Literally, the word means "hundred-handed," and this is

an accurate name for the things. Hecatoncheires weretypically potrayed as gigantic beasts, with fifty heads and

one hundred arms. There were three of them: Cottus,

Gyges, also called Gyes, and Briareus, also called

Aegaeon.

Most writers mention the third Hekatokheires under thename of Briareus instead of Aegaeon, who says that men

called him Aegaeon, but the gods Briareus.

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According to the legends, they were born to Gaia and

Uranus. It is said "Of all the children that were born ofGaia

and Uranus, these were the most terrible, and they were

hated by their own father from the first."(1) Uranus

detested these of his children, and cast them, along with

the Cyclopes (another group of his sons) into Tartarus, a

particularly gloomy part ofHades.

In some versions Uranus saw how ugly the Hekatonkheires

were at their birth and pushed them back into Gaia'swomb.

Gaia, the mother of most of the pre-Olympian beings, did

not like her children being cast into Hades by their father.

She persuaded the Titans, more of her children who hadbeen cast into Hades by Uranus, to overthrow their father.

The Titans, the Hecatoncheires, and the Cyclopes, led by

Cronus (a Titan), did just that, revolting and dethroning

Uranus, castrating him .

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After Using Hekatonkheires power in war Cronus again casted the Hecatoncheires

back into Tartarus, now to be guarded by Campe, a massivejaileress covered in sea-

monster scales and with poisonous snake .

Years later, Cronus would be the victim of the same type ofconspiracy that hadbrought down Uranus.

In a ten-year battle called the Titanomachy, Cronus struggled against his own children,

the Olympian gods, who were led in their uprising by Zeus.

Gaia promised the Olympians victory if they would take the Cyclopes and theHecatoncheires as allies. Zeus agreed, and slew Campe, freeing her prisioners.

The hundred-armed giants conquered the Titans by hurling at them three hundred

rocks at once, and secured the victory to Zeus .

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After the war, Kottos and Gyes were given palaces in the River Okeanos and,

Briareos, a home in the depths of the Aegean Sea. Together they appear to have

functioned as doorkeepers for the storms of Tartaros .

Briareos is mentioned many times as the Zeus s bodyguard .

Briareos is mentioned in Book I ofJohn Milton'sParadise Lostalongside Typhon

as an analogue to the fallen Satan.

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NAMES OF THE HECATONCHEIRES

INDIVIDUAL HECATONCHEIRES

Greek Name Transliteration Latin Spelling Translation

Aigain AegaeonGoatish, or Stormy

(aigis)

Briares Briareus Strong, Stout(briaros)

Kottos CottusGrudge, Rancour

(kotos, kote)

Gys GyesLand, Of the Land

(gus)

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The End

HEKATONKHEIRES