Porphyrion
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King of the Gigantes in the Gigantomachy. Attacked Hera and was struck by Zeus's thunderbolt and finished by Heracles' arrow. Pindar and Apollodorus both name him as the greatest of the Giants.
Named in Greek, Roman, Norse, Islamic, Celtic and Asian tradition. Recorded as tradition, not asserted as history.
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