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Kronos had helped his mother, Gaia, free the monstrous brothers but he feared their strength and beauty and imprisoned them under the earth where they remained until the war between the Titans and the Olympians began Zeus brought the three brothers back into the light and gave them nektar (nectar) and ambrosia to renew their vitality Briareos, Kottos and Gyes joined the Olympians in the war against the Titans.Īfter ten years of war, Zeus let loose all his fury and the earth and heavens trembled under his thunderbolts at that moment, Briareos, Kottos and Gyes bombarded the Titans with three-hundred boulders that buried the Titans and ended the war. When the brothers were in the womb of Gaia, Ouranos would not let them be born when they attempted to come out, Ouranos would push them back inside Gaia made a sickle of flint and begged for one of her Titan children to attack Ouranos but only Kronos came to her aid Kronos laid in ambush for his father and struck him down with the flint sickle the three fifty-headed brothers were allowed to escape Gaia’s womb and the blood of Ouranos created the Furies, the Giants, the Nymphs of the Ash Trees and the goddess of Love, Aphrodite. ObriareosĪnother name for Briareos he and his brothers, Kottos (Cottos) and Gyes, are three of the most terrible creatures ever to be produced by Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (the Heavens).Īll three brothers have fifty heads and fifty arms sprouting from their massive shoulders the Immortals use the name Briareos to name him but mere mortals call him Aigaios’ son. See Obol by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). ObolĪ unit of money, vulgarly called a Spit one obol would buy a light meal oarsmen on warships were paid 2 or 3 obols per day also spelled Obelus, Obelos and Obolos. See O by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Omikron (Omicron) the uppercase form of the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. O to Oresteia Orestes to Ozolian O to Oresteia O Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > O to OresteiaĪ B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U–Z
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