Briareus
generic, Greek and Roman mythology
- Also known as
Cottus (the furious), Briareus (the sea goat, known by men as Aegaeon), and Gyges (the long-limbed) were three sons of Uranus and Gaia. The brothers were monstrous giants, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms. They were imprisoned in Tartarus by Uranus, but later freed by Zeus.