"Great and unspeakably violent", Cottus, Briareus, and Gyes had 100 arms and 50 heads each; they were terrible and hated by their father from the time they were born (Hesiod, Theogony, 147-156)

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According to Hesiod's "Theogony", Gaia or Ge (Earth) created an equal, Uranus (Sky), whom she wed; they produced the Cyclopes, the Hecatonchires, and the 12 Titans.

Gaia, Uranus, and The Titans

Hesiod. (2019). Theogony (G. Nagy, and J. Banks, Trans.). The Center for Hellenistic Studies, https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/hesiod-theogony-sb/


Theogony

According to Hesiod the Cyclopes are the ones who created and presented to Zeus the lightning bolt we are accustomed to seeing. Brontes (Thunder), Steropes (Lightning), and Arges (Bright); they were mighty and skillful and had only one eye in the center of their foreheads, and are likened to gods in most respects (Theogony, 126-156)

The Cyclopes

The Hecatonchires

- Oceanus
- Coeus
- Crius
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Theia
- Rhea
- Themis
- Mnemosyne
- Phoebe
- Tethys
- Cronus

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