Editing Arges (Cyclops) (section)

== Birth and forging of the lightning bolt ==
Arges is a child of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] and [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]], and his siblings include his fellow cyclopes, Brontes and Steropes, along with the [[Titans (mythology)|Titans]] and the [[Hecatoncheires]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Seaford|first=Richard|title=Cyclopes|date=2015-12-22|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.1972|encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.1972 |isbn=978-0-19-938113-5|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref> After his birth, Uranus is said to have locked Arges and his cyclopes brothers in [[Tartarus]] out of fear, along with the Hundred Handed Ones.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Hesiod|title=Theogony|pages=154–158}}</ref> During the war between the Titans and the Gods, Arges, Brontes, and Steropes were freed to fashion lightning bolts for [[Zeus]] during his attempt to overthrow the gods.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Henderson|first=Jeffrey|title=THEOGONY|url=https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.43.xml|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Loeb Classical Library|language=en}}</ref> According to Apollodorus, Arges and his fellow cyclopes also fashioned the [[Cap of invisibility|Helmet of Invisibility]] for [[Hades]], and the [[trident]] for [[Poseidon]].<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA69 p. 69].</ref> These weapons played a key role in the downfall of the Titans.