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Briareus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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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 .).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Briareus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/briareus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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