| | ipedia.com: Hecatonchires Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | They are often considered sea-deities, and may be derived from pentekonters, longboats with fifty oarsmen. |
| | They were Briareus ("strong"), Gyges (or Gyes) and Cottu ("son of Cottytus"). |
| | Homer also referred to Briareus as Aegaeon ("goatish"), and said he was a marine deity and son of Poseidon. |
| www.ipedia.com /hecatonchires.html (236 words) |
