Typhon

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The last and greatest challenger to Zeus, a hundred-headed monster-giant defeated and imprisoned beneath Etna. Hesiod's description is the largest stature claim in the Greek corpus.

Named in Greek, Roman, Norse, Islamic, Celtic and Asian tradition. Recorded as tradition, not asserted as history.

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Also known asTyphoeus
Lineage Son of Gaia and Tartarus
TraditionGreek
RegionCilicia / Mount Etna
EraMythic age
Stature as recordedHesiod: head brushing the stars, hands reaching east and west
Primary referencesHesiod, Theogony 820-880; Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.6.3
Source Wikipedia: Typhon

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