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Gyges

Γύγης

(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.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.