2. A giant who is said to have been killed by Ares. or by Zeus with a flash of lightning (Apollon. Rhod. iii 1227; Eur. Ion 215). The island of Prochyte, near Sicily, was believed to rest upon his body. (Sil. Ital. 12.147.)
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