A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Γύγης), the ordinary name of the hundred-armed giant, who is sometimes called Gyas or Gyes. (Apollod. 1.1.1; Hes. Th. 149; comp. Ov. Fast. 4.593, Trist. 4.7, 18, Amor. 2.1, 12; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.1165.)

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