Briareus

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Briareus is a giant figure from Greek mythology, famed as one of the three Hecatoncheires with a hundred hands and fifty heads who aided the Olympian gods in their battles.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Briareus canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hecatoncheir ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
giant ⓘ
aided Olympian gods ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
appearsInGenre didactic poetry ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
associatedWith Hera ⓘ
Olympian gods ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedWithDomain sea ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Aegae ⓘ
belongsToGeneration Elder gods ⓘ
belongsToGroup Hecatoncheires ⓘ
cosmicFunction supporter of Zeus’ rule ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
describedBy Hesiod ⓘ
describedIn Theogony ⓘ
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony
epithet sea-associated giant ⓘ
strong-handed ⓘ
foughtAgainst Titans ⓘ
freedBy Zeus ⓘ
guarded Titans in Tartarus ⓘ
linked to: Twelve Titans
hasAlternativeName Aegaeon ⓘ
hasMythologicalRole guardian ⓘ
hasMythologicalType chthonic being ⓘ
hasNotableFeature fifty heads ⓘ
hundred arms ⓘ
immense strength ⓘ
hasNumberOfHands 100 ⓘ
hasNumberOfHeads 50 ⓘ
hasParent Gaia ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
hasSibling Cottus ⓘ
Gyges ⓘ
imprisonedBy Uranus ⓘ
imprisonedIn Tartarus ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedBy Homer ⓘ
mentionedIn Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad
participatedIn Titanomachy ⓘ
roleInMyth ally of the Olympians in the war against the Titans ⓘ
symbolizes overwhelming physical power ⓘ
primordial forces tamed by Olympian order ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth Archaic Greece ⓘ
worshippedIn some local Greek cults ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hundred-Handers → hasMember → Briareus ⓘ
Hundred-Handers → notableMember → Briareus ⓘ
Gyges → sibling → Briareus ⓘ
Gyes → sibling → Briareus ⓘ
Aegaeon → alsoKnownAs → Briareus ⓘ
Children of Uranus → includes → Briareus ⓘ