Aegaeon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Aegaeon (Ancient Greek: Αἰγαίων Aỉgaíon - "goatish", "stormy", "Aegean") may refer to the following figures:
- Aegaeon, son of Lycaon.[1]
- Aegaeon also called Briareus, one of the Hecatonchires.[2]
- Aegaeon, one of the Gigantes.
Notes
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.8.1
- See Virgil, Aeneid 6.287: "et centumgeminus Briareus ac belua Lernae"
References
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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