Gyes

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Gyes is an alternate name for Gyges, a figure from Greek mythology often associated with the Hecatoncheires, the hundred-handed giants.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gyes canonical 2
Gyas 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hecatoncheires
giant
mythological figure
alternateNameOf Gyges
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Theogony
associatedWith Olympian gods
Titans
authorMentioning Hesiod
belongsToCategory Greek giants
chthonic beings
childOf Gaia
Uranus
cosmicFunction guardian of the Titans in Tartarus
culture Greek mythology
describedAs giant
hundred-handed
foughtIn Titanomachy
freedBy Zeus
gender male
groupRole one of the three Hecatoncheires
hasAlternateName Gyges
hasNumberOfHands one hundred
hasNumberOfHeads fifty
imprisonedBy Uranus
imprisonedIn Tartarus
languageOfName Ancient Greek
loyalTo Zeus
memberOf Hecatoncheires
mythicEra age of the Titans
mythologicalTradition Ancient Greek religion
notableFor extraordinary strength
hundred hands and fifty heads
opposedTo Titans
parent Gaia
Uranus
roleInMyth ally of Zeus in the Titanomachy
sibling Briareus
Cottidae
surface form: Cottus
weaponUsed stones hurled with his hundred hands

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hecatoncheires alsoKnownAs Gyes
subject surface form: Gyges
Gyges hasAlternativeName Gyes
this entity surface form: Gyas