Editing Giants (Greek mythology) (section)

==Named Giants==

Names for the Giants can be found in ancient literary sources and inscriptions. Vian and Moore provide a list with over seventy entries, some of which are based upon inscriptions which are only partially preserved.<ref>Vian and Moore 1988, pp. 268&ndash;269.</ref> Some of the Giants identified by name are:

*'''[[Aezeius]]''' ({{lang|grc|Αἰζειός}}): His son [[Lycaon (Greek myth)|Lycaon]] was possibly the maternal grandfather of a [[Lycaon (king of Arcadia)|Lycaon]] who was king of Arcadia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Juríková |first=Erika |date=2017-06-11 |title=Antiquitates Romanae - Ancient History Textbook of the Jesuit Trnava University |journal=Historica Olomucensia |volume=52 |pages=71–85 |doi=10.5507/ho.2017.003 |issn=1803-9561|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*'''[[Agrius]]''' ({{lang|grc|Ἄγριος}}): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by the [[Moirai]] (Fates) with bronze clubs.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref>
* '''[[Alcyoneus]]''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀλκυονεύς)}}: According to Apollodorus, he was (along with Porphyrion), the greatest of the Giants. Immortal while fighting in his native land, he was dragged from his homeland and killed by Heracles.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.1 1.6.1].</ref> According to Pindar, he was a herdsman and, in a separate battle from the Gigantomachy, he was killed by Heracles and [[Telamon]], while they were traveling through [[Phlegra (mythology)|Phlegra]].<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Isthmian'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DI.%3Apoem%3D6 6.30&ndash;35], ''Nemean'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DN.%3Apoem%3D4 4.24&ndash;30].</ref> Representations of Heracles fighting Alcyoneus are found on many sixth century BC and later works of art.<ref>Gantz, p. 420.</ref>
* '''Alektos/Allektos''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀλέκτος/Ἀλλέκτος}}): Named on the late sixth century [[Siphnian Treasury]] (Alektos),<ref>Brinkmann, N8 p. 94.</ref> and the second century BC [[Pergamon Altar]] (Allektos).<ref>Queyrel, p. 52.</ref>
* '''[[Aristaeus (Giant)|Aristaeus]]''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀρισταῖος}}): According to the ''[[Suda]]'', he was the only Giant to "survive".<ref>''[[Suda]]'' ''s.v.'' [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=guest&enlogin=guest&db=REAL&field=adlerhw_gr&searchstr=alpha,3898  ''Ἀρισταῖος''], [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=guest&enlogin=guest&db=REAL&field=adlerhw_gr&searchstr=alphaiota,376 ''Αἰτναῖος κάνθαρος '']</ref> He is probably named on an [[Attica|Attic]] [[black-figure]] [[dinos]] by [[Lydos]] (Akropolis 607) dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC, fighting [[Hephaestus]].<ref>Gantz, p. 451; Beazley, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rrhKNJaNBgAC&pg=PA39 p. 39]; Richards, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2YkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA287 pp. 287], [https://books.google.com/books?id=2YkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA383 383]; Schefold, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2DA_Aze7F0C&pg=PA57 p. 57]; Beazley Archive [https://archive.today/20121223064300/http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/F8C80F34-7A75-4712-8FD7-E265EFE5492C 310147]; ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-7426c59aa3230-4 9257 (Gigantes 105)], [https://www.iconiclimc.ch/limc/imageview.php?image=1c1dda16a9724278b18dc524f61c546e&total=14&term=%22Gigantes+105%22 image 13 of 14]).</ref>
* '''Astarias''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀστερίας)}} [See Asterius below]
* '''Aster''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀστήρ}}) [See Asterius below]
* '''[[Asterius (giant)|Asterius]]''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀστέριος}}: "Bright one" or "Glitterer"):<ref>Barber 1991 p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=HnSlynSfeEIC&pg=PA381 381].</ref> A Giant (also called Aster), killed by Athena whose death, according to some accounts, was celebrated by the ''[[Panathenaea]]''.<ref>Parker 2011, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dfS-nh2WM9wC&pg=PA201 p. 201]; Parker 2006, p. 255; Connelly, p. 47; Scheid, [https://books.google.com/books?id=f2Jjb-TxcIIC&pg=PA18 pp. 18&ndash;19], [https://books.google.com/books?id=f2Jjb-TxcIIC&pg=PA178 p. 178 n. 48]. [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.35.6 1.35.6] tells of Asterius, a son of Anax the "son of Earth", buried on the island of Asterius, near the Island of Lade, off the coast of [[Miletus]], having bones ten cubits in length, see also Pausanias [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.2.5 7.2.5].</ref> Probably the same as the Giant Astarias named on the late sixth century [[Siphnian Treasury]].<ref>Brinkmann p. 128 n. 194.</ref> Probably also the same as Asterus, mentioned in the epic poem ''Meropis'', as an invulnerable warrior killed by Athena.<ref>Robertson, Noel, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AplSdkCnxlkC&pg=PA42 p. 42], [https://books.google.com/books?id=AplSdkCnxlkC&pg=PA43 pp. 43&ndash;44]; Yasumura, pp. 50, 173 n. 44; Janko, pp. 191&ndash;192 (14.250&ndash;61).</ref> In the poem, [[Heracles]], while fighting the Meropes, a race of Giants, on the Island of [[Kos]], would have been killed but for Athena's intervention.<ref>For Heracles' expedition to Kos see [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=C92C1C924347DE872FD04775B9885530?doc=Hom.+Il.+14.250 14.250&ndash;256]; Pindar, ''Isthmian'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DI.%3Apoem%3D6 6.31&ndash;35], ''Nemean'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DN.%3Apoem%3D4 4.24&ndash;30]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.1 2.7.1]. For the Meropes as Giants see Yasumura, p. 50; Janko, p. 191; [[Philostratus]], ''On Heroes'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=R8nMVkv_lZ4C&pg=PA13 8.14 (pp. 13&ndash;14)].</ref> Athena kills and flays Asterus and uses his impenetrable skin for her [[aegis]]. Other accounts name others whose hide provided Athena's aegis:<ref>Robertson, Noel, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AplSdkCnxlkC&pg=PA42 p. 42].</ref> Apollodorus has Athena flay the Giant [[Pallas (Giant)|Pallas]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> while [[Euripides]]' ''[[Ion (play)|Ion]]'' has "the [[Gorgon]]", an offspring of Gaia born by her as an ally for the Giant, as Athena's victim.<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Ion (play)|Ion]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.+Ion+987 987&ndash;997].</ref>
* '''Asterus''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀστέρος}}) [See Asterius above]
* '''[[Clytius]]''' ({{lang|grc|Κλυτίος}}): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by [[Hecate]] with her torches.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref>

[[File:Parc de Versailles, Bosquet de l'Encelade, bassin 03.jpg|thumb|Gilt-bronze [[Enceladus (giant)|Enceladus]] by Gaspar Mercy in the ''Bosquet de l'Encélade'' in the [[gardens of Versailles]]]]

* '''[[Damysus (Giant)|Damysus]]''' ({{lang|grc|Δάμυσος}}): The fastest of the Giants. [[Chiron]] exhumed his body, removed the ankle and incorporated it into [[Achilles]] burnt foot.<ref>[http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_05bibliotheca.htm Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 6] "Thetis burned in a secret place the children she had by Peleus; six were born; when she had Achilles, Peleus noticed and tore him from the flames with only a burnt foot and confided him to Chiron. The latter exhumed the body of the giant Damysos who was buried at Pallene -- Damysos was the fastest of all the giants -- removed the 'astragale' and incorporated it into Achilles' foot using 'ingredients'. This 'astragale' fell when Achilles was pursued by Apollo and it was thus that Achilles, fallen, was killed. It is said, on the other hand, that he was called Podarkes by the Poet, because, it is said, Thetis gave the newborn child the wings of Arce and Podarkes means that his feet had the wings of Arce."</ref>
* '''[[Enceladus (giant)|Enceladus]]''' ({{lang|grc|Ἐγκέλαδος}}): A Giant named Enceladus, fighting [[Athena]], is attested in art as early as an [[Attica|Attic]] [[Black-figure]] pot dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC (Louvre E732).<ref>Gantz, pp. 450–451; Arafat, p. 16; Beazley [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/55A90360-6C37-47D9-A4DA-8A81196212C5 14590], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73a49a0ddfe9b-f 52 (Gigantes 170)], [https://www.iconiclimc.ch/limc/imageview.php?image=e603f862b5e941d7a30b32a15a1693c3&total=4&term=%22Gigantes+170%22 image 4 of 4].</ref> [[Euripides]] has [[Athena]] fighting him with her "Gorgon shield" (her [[aegis]]).<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Ion (play)|Ion]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.+Ion+206&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0110 205&ndash;218].</ref> According to Apollodorus, he was crushed by Athena under the Island of Sicily.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> [[Virgil]] has him struck by Zeus' lightning bolt, and both Virgil and [[Claudian]] have him buried under [[Mount Etna]]<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Verg.+A.+3.578 3.578 ff.] (with Conington's [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0050%3Abook%3D3%3Acommline%3D578 note to 3.578]); [[Claudian]], ''Rape of Proserpine'' [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/304/mode/2up 1.153&ndash;159 (pp. 304&ndash;305)], [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/328/mode/2up 2.151&ndash;162 (pp. 328&ndash;331)], [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/358/mode/2up 3.186&ndash;187 (pp. 358&ndash;359)]</ref> (other traditions had [[Typhon]] or [[Briareus]] buried under Etna). For some Enceladus was instead buried in Italy.<ref>[[Philostratus the Elder]], ''[[Imagines (work by Philostratus)|Imagines]]'' [https://archive.org/stream/imagines00philuoft#page/198/mode/2up 2.17.5 (pp. 198&ndash;201)].</ref>
* '''Ephialtes''' ({{lang|grc|Ἐφιάλτης}}): probably different from the [[Aloadae|Aload]] Giant who was also named Ephialtes):<ref>Gantz, 450&ndash;451.</ref> According to Apollodorus he was blinded by arrows from Apollo and Heracles.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> He is named on three Attic black-figure pots (Akropolis 2134, Getty 81.AE.211, Louvre E732) dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC.<ref>Gantz, p. 451; Akropolis 2134 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/28971E0A-9EF0-4585-A508-C48BC3EEC95E 9922], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-7516741f70861-5 26166 (Gigantes 106)]); Getty 81.AE.211 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?id=79B9C21C-CF52-40F6-85C1-E00C4BBC5D60 10047], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-743727dea0612-1 10415 (Gigantes 171)]); Louvre E732 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/55A90360-6C37-47D9-A4DA-8A81196212C5 14590], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73a49a0ddfe9b-f 52 (Gigantes 170)]).</ref> On Louvre E732 he is, along with Hyperbios and Agasthenes, opposed by Zeus, while on Getty 81.AE.211 his opponents are apparently Apollo and Artemis.<ref>Moore 1985, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gd81AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34 p. 34].</ref> He is also named on the late sixth century BC [[Siphnian Treasury]],<ref>Gantz, pp. 451&ndash;452; Brinkmann, N7 p. 94; ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73eab9f338a28-a 5020 (Gigantes 2)].</ref> where he is probably one of the opponents of Apollo and Artemis, and probably as well on what might be the earliest representation of the Gigantomachy, a [[pinax]] fragment from [[Eleusis]] (Eleusis 349).<ref>Schefold, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2DA_Aze7F0C&pg=PA52 p. 52], Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/6E7F1FB3-6FA1-49FA-A5E8-72A51E377FB3 1409]; Gantz p. 450 notes that the pinax might represent Ares encounter with the Aloadae in ''Iliad'' 5.</ref> He is also named on a late fifth century BC cup from [[Vulci]] (Berlin F2531), shown battling [[Apollo]].<ref>Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA 220533]: [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=1&id={46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA}&fileName=IMAGES200%2FGER22%2FCVA%2EGER22%2E1048%2E2%2F&returnPage=&start= detail showing Ephialtes with shield and spear ''v''. Apollo with sword and bow]; Cook, [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n102/mode/2up p. 56], [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n103/mode/2up Plate VI].</ref> Although the usual opponent of Poseidon among the Giants is Polybotes, one early fifth century red-figure [[column krater]] (Vienna 688) has Poseidon attacking Ephialtes.<ref>Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/F12F7E42-06F7-4E22-92C3-2F7E2AB12A76 202916]; ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-744761e049a7d-7 11561 (Gigantes 361)]; Cook, [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/14/mode/2up pp. 14&ndash;18], [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n57/mode/2up p. 17 fig. 5].</ref>
* '''Euryalus''' ({{lang|grc|Εὐρύαλος}}): He is named on a late sixth century red-figure cup (Akropolis 2.211) and an early fifth century red-figure cup (British Museum E 47) fighting [[Hephaestos]].<ref>Arafat, pp.16, 183, 184; Akropolis 2.211 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/456B29EA-83E7-41ED-B485-FDF976EBAEF8 200125]; ''LIMC'' [http://www.iconiclimc.ch/visitors/treesearch.php?source=100&term=%22Gigantes+299%22 Gigantes 299] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062316/https://www.iconiclimc.ch/visitors/treesearch.php?source=100&term=%22Gigantes+299%22 |date=2016-10-07 }}); British Museum E 47 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/71F3F36F-5E49-4DFB-95BF-F39B81A8AC1B 203256]; ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73e5a6ade89f9-0 4663 (Gigantes 301)]).</ref>
* '''[[Eurymedon (mythology)|Eurymedon]]''' ({{lang|grc|Εὐρυμέδων}}): According to [[Homer]], he was a king of the Giants and father of [[Periboea]] (mother of [[Nausithous]], king of the [[Phaeacians]], by [[Poseidon]]), who "brought destruction on his froward people".<ref>[[Homer]], ''Odyssey'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=80812DE568DAE1DF9DA706CD958F9A81?doc=Hom.+Od.+7.54&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136 7.54 ff.].</ref> He was possibly the Eurymedon who raped [[Hera]] producing [[Prometheus]] as offspring (according to an account attributed to the Hellenistic poet [[Euphorion of Chalcis|Euphorion]]).<ref>Gantz, pp. 16, 57; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA88 p. 88]; Scholia on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=-9EIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA515 14.295].</ref> He is probably named on Akropolis 2134.<ref>Gantz, p. 451; Akropolis 2134 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/28971E0A-9EF0-4585-A508-C48BC3EEC95E 9922], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-7516741f70861-5 26166 (Gigantes 106)]).</ref> He is possibly mentioned by the Latin poet [[Propertius]] as an opponent of [[Jove]].<ref>[[Propertius]], ''Elegies'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=4UvjPOjjZeIC&pg=PA266 3.9.47&ndash;48 (pp. 266&ndash;267)]; Keith, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qgbwAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 p. 135]; Heyworth, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rYHQ0xD9evAC&pg=PA325 pp. 325&ndash;326].</ref>
* '''[[Eurytus]]''' ({{lang|grc|Εὔρυτος}}): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by [[Dionysus]] with his [[thyrsus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref>
* '''[[Gration (giant)|Gration]]''' ({{lang|grc|Γρατίων}}): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by [[Artemis]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> His name may have been corrupted text, as various emendations have been suggested, including '''Aigaion''' (Αἰγαίων - "goatish", "stormy"), '''[[Eurytion]]''' (Εὐρυτίων: "fine flowing", "widely honored") and '''Rhaion''' (Ῥαίων - "more adaptable", "more relaxed").<ref>Frazer 1921, note 1 to Apollodorus 1.6.2, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/apollodorus_mythographer-library/1921/pb_LCL121.47.xml?result=1&rskey=UYUB4p p. 46]: "Γρατίωνα probably corrupt. Various emendations have been suggested, as Αἰγαίωνα (Heyne, M. Mayer, ''op''. ''cit''. pp. 201 ''sq''.), Εὐρυτίωνα, Ῥαίωνα (Hercher)."</ref>
* '''Hopladamas''' or '''Hopladamus''' ({{lang|grc|Ὁπλαδάμας}} or {{lang|grc|Ὁπλάδαμος}}): Possibly named (as ''Hopladamas'') on two vases dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC, on one (Akropolis 607) being speared by Apollo, while on the other (Getty 81.AE.211) attacking Zeus.<ref>Moore 1985, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gd81AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 p. 31]; Beazley, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rrhKNJaNBgAC&pg=PA39 p. 39]; Akropolis 607 (Beazley Archive [https://archive.today/20121223064300/http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/F8C80F34-7A75-4712-8FD7-E265EFE5492C 310147], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-7426c59aa3230-4 9257 (Gigantes 105)]); Getty 81.AE.211 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?id=79B9C21C-CF52-40F6-85C1-E00C4BBC5D60 10047], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-743727dea0612-1 10415 (Gigantes 171)]).</ref> Mentioned (as ''Hopladamus'') by the geographer [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] as being a leader of Giants enlisted by the Titaness [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], pregnant with Zeus, to defend herself from her husband [[Cronus]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.32.5 8.32.5], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.36.2 8.36.2].</ref>
* '''[[Hippolytus (Greek myth)|Hippolytus]]''' ({{lang|grc|Ἱππόλυτος}}): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by [[Hermes]], who was wearing [[Hades]]' helmet<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> which made its wearer invisible.<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2 n. 6]; [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.%20Il.%205.844&lang=original 2.5.844 ff.]; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Shield of Heracles]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.%20Sh.%20226&lang=original 226 ff.].</ref>
* '''Lion''' or '''Leon''' ({{lang|grc|Λέων}}): Possibly a Giant, he is mentioned by [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]] (as ascribed to [[Ptolemy Hephaestion]]) as a giant who was challenged to single combat by Heracles and killed.<ref>[[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca]]'' [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/photius_copyright/photius_05bibliotheca.htm#190 Codex 190].</ref> Lion-headed Giants are shown on the Gigantomachy frieze of the second century BC [[Pergamon Altar]].<ref>Pollitt 1986, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vt9JwsNcKzwC&pg=PA105 p. 105]; [http://www.secondpage.de/pergamonaltar/gigantomachie.html Pergamon Altar image viewer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126191134/http://secondpage.de/pergamonaltar/gigantomachie.html |date=2013-11-26 }}. See also Akropolis 1632 (Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/5F5F01AD-810D-4DBB-9356-E562BA2D5A4D 15673], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73e88da481d30-d 4867 (Gigantes 110)]).</ref>
* '''[[Mimas (Giant)|Mimas]]''' ({{lang|grc|Μίμας}}): According to Apollodorus, he was killed by [[Hephaestus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> [[Euripides]] has [[Zeus]] burning him "to ashes" with his thunderbolt.<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Ion (play)|Ion]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.+Ion+206&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0110 205&ndash;218]; Stewart, pp. 86&ndash;87.</ref> According to others he was killed by [[Ares]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' [https://archive.org/stream/argonautica00apoluoft#page/276/mode/2up 3.1225&ndash;7 (pp. 276&ndash;277)]; [[Claudian]], ''Gigantomachia'' [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/286/mode/2up 85&ndash;91 (pp. 286&ndash;287)].</ref> "Mimos"—possibly in error for "Mimas"—is inscribed (retrograde) on Akropolis 607.<ref>Beazley, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rrhKNJaNBgAC&pg=PA39 p. 39]; Beazley Archive [https://archive.today/20121223064300/http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/F8C80F34-7A75-4712-8FD7-E265EFE5492C 310147]; ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-7426c59aa3230-4 9257 (Gigantes 105)], [https://www.iconiclimc.ch/limc/imageview.php?image=98f30cb6367846eb88c05aeef168b30d&total=14&term=%22Gigantes+105%22 image 1 of 14].</ref> He was said to be buried under [[Procida|Prochyte]].<ref>[[Silius Italicus]], [[Punica (poem)|''Punica'']] [https://archive.org/stream/punicasi02siliuoft#page/156/mode/2up 12.143&ndash;151 (II pp. 156&ndash;159)].</ref> Mimas is possibly the same as the Giant named Mimon on the late sixth century BC [[Siphnian Treasury]], as well as on a late fifth century BC cup from [[Vulci]] (Berlin F2531) shown fighting Ares.<ref>Siphnian Treasury: Brinkmann, N14 pp. 98, 124&ndash;125; Vulci cup: Arafat, p. 16; Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA 220533]: [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=1&id={46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA}&fileName=IMAGES200%2FGER22%2FCVA%2EGER22%2E1048%2E1%2F&returnPage=&start= detail showing Mimon and Ares]; Cook, [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n102/mode/2up p. 56], [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n103/mode/2up Plate VI].</ref> Several depictions in Greek art, though, show [[Aphrodite]] as the opponent of Mimas.<ref>Giuliani, Luca. Schefold, Karl. ''Gods and Heroes in Late Archaic Greek Art''. Cambridge University Press. Dec. 3, 1992. pgs. 57-59.</ref>
* '''Mimon''' ({{lang|grc|Μίμων}}) [See Mimas above]
* '''Mimos''' ({{lang|grc|Μίμος}}) [See Mimas above]

[[File:Aristophanes, kylix attica con gigantomachia, 410 ac ca. 02.JPG|thumb|Poseidon attacks Polybotes in the presence of Gaia, [[red-figure]] cup late fifth century BC ([[Antikensammlung Berlin]] F2531)<ref>Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA 220533]; Arafat, pp. 24, 25, 186; Cook, p. 56, [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n103/mode/2up Plate VI]; ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-743a4d0d2fb5e-a 10641 (Gigantes 318)], [https://www.iconiclimc.ch/limc/imageview.php?image=3eb4b95bc85e435d9fa23025aec7fc26&total=4&term=%22Gigantes+318%22 image 3 of 4]; Perseus [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/artifact?name=Berlin%20F%202531&object=Vase Berlin F 2531 (Vase)]</ref>]]

* '''[[Pallas (Giant)|Pallas]]''' ({{lang|grc|Πάλλας}}): According to Apollodorus, he was flayed by [[Athena]], who used his skin as a shield.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> Other accounts name others whose hyde provided Athena's aegis [see Asterus above]. Claudian names Pallas as one of several Giants turned to stone by Minerva's Gorgon shield.<ref>[[Claudian]], ''Gigantomachia'' [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/286/mode/2up 91&ndash;103 (pp. 286&ndash;289)].</ref>
* '''Pelorus''' ({{lang|grc|Πέλορος}}): According to [[Claudian]], he was killed by [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], the Roman equivalent of [[Ares]].<ref>[[Claudian]], ''Gigantomachia'' [https://archive.org/stream/claudia02clau#page/286/mode/2up 75&ndash;84 (pp. 286&ndash;287)].</ref>
* '''[[Picolous]]''' ({{lang|grc|Πικόλοος}}): A Giant who fled the battle and came to [[Circe]]'s [[Aeaea|island]] and attempted to chase her away, only to be killed by [[Helios]]. It is said that the legendary [[Moly (herb)|moly]] plant first sprang forth from Picolous' blood as it seeped into the ground.<ref>Rahner, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=N8XAF-JE6PAC&pg=PA203 203]&ndash;[https://books.google.com/books?id=N8XAF-JE6PAC&pg=PA204 204]; [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]], Ad Odysseam 10.305 (Zucker and Le Feuvre: [https://books.google.com/books/about/Ancient_and_Medieval_Greek_Etymology.html?id=EAYREAAAQBAJ&pg=PT324 "Alexander of Paphos reports the following tale: Picoloos, one of the Giants, by fleeing from the war led against Zeus, reached Circe’s island and tried to chase her away. Her father Helios killed him, protecting his daughter with his shield;"]); [[Ptolemaeus Chennus|Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History'' Book 4 ([[Photius]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca]]'' [https://topostext.org/work.php?work_id=237#190.32 190.32]: "The plant moly of which Homer speaks; this plant had, it is said, grown from the blood of the giant killed in the isle of Circe; it has a white flower; the ally of Circe who killed the giant was Helios; the combat was hard (mâlos) from which the name of this plant."</ref>
* '''[[Polybotes]]''' ({{lang|grc|Πολυβότης}}): According to Apollodorus, he was crushed under [[Nisyros]], a piece of the island of [[Kos]] broken off and thrown by [[Poseidon]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> He is named on two sixth century BC pots, on one (Getty 81.AE.211) he is opposed by Zeus, on the other (Louvre E732) he is opposed by Poseidon carrying Nisyros on his shoulder.<ref>Getty 81.AE.211 (Moore 1985, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gd81AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 pp. 30&ndash;31], Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?id=79B9C21C-CF52-40F6-85C1-E00C4BBC5D60 10047], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-743727dea0612-1 10415 (Gigantes 171)]); Louvre E732 (Gantz, p. 451, Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/55A90360-6C37-47D9-A4DA-8A81196212C5 14590], ''LIMC'' [http://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/080e-73a49a0ddfe9b-f 52 (Gigantes 170)], [https://www.iconiclimc.ch/limc/imageview.php?term=%22Gigantes+170%22&image=8b938073ab3e4d52bb7c190a68549be9&total=4&page=4 image 4 of 4]).</ref>
* '''[[Porphyrion]]''' ({{lang|grc|Πορφυρίων}}): According to Apollodorus, he was (along with Alcyoneus), the greatest of the Giants. He attacked [[Heracles]] and [[Hera]] but [[Zeus]] "smote him with a thunderbolt, and Hercules shot him dead with an arrow."<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2]. Compare with [[Aristophanes]], ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0019,006:1249&lang=original 1249 ff.]: "a single Porphyrion gave him [Zeus] enough to do."</ref> According to Pindar, who calls him "king of the Giants", he was slain by an arrow from the bow of [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Pythian'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162%3Abook%3DP.%3Apoem%3D8 8.12&ndash;18].</ref> He is named on a late fifth century BC cup from [[Vulci]] (Berlin F2531), where he is battling with [[Zeus]].<ref>Beazley Archive [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA 220533]: [http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=1&id={46E5041B-1D5E-482A-8D61-D896ECDDF3DA}&fileName=IMAGES200%2FGER22%2FCVA%2EGER22%2E1049%2E2%2F&returnPage=&start= detail showing Zeus ''v''. Porphyrion]; Cook, [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n102/mode/2up p. 56], [https://archive.org/stream/zeusstudyinancie03cook#page/n103/mode/2up Plate VI].</ref> He was also probably named on the late sixth century BC [[Siphnian Treasury]].<ref>Brinkmann, N22 p.103, which finds traces of "rion"; Stewart, plate 196.</ref>
*'''[[Thoas (mythology)|Thoas]]''' or '''[[Thoön (mythology)|Thoon]]''' ({{lang|grc|Θόας}} or {{lang|grc|Θόων}}):  According to Apollodorus, he was killed by the [[Moirai]] (Fates) with bronze clubs.<ref>Parada, s.v. Thoas 5; Grant, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EC-DAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA519 519]&ndash;[https://books.google.com/books?id=EC-DAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA520 520]; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dthoon-bio-1 s.v. Thoon]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.6.2 1.6.2]. Frazer translates Apollodorus 1.6.2 ''Θόωνα'' as "Thoas". Citing only Apollodorus 1.6.2, Parada names the Giant "Thoas" (Θόας), and Smith names the Giant "Thoon (Θόων)". Grant, citing no sources, names the Giant "Thoas", but says "he was also called Thoon".</ref>