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Monster · Collective

giants ruled by Eurymedon

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Canonical name
giants ruled by Eurymedon
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Monster
Scope
Collective
Editorial note
The source presents the giants as a bounded people ruled by Eurymedon; they are not merged with the Cyclopes.

Aliases

1

savage giants

Descriptive reference · Reported

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

0

No presence observations in the processed scope.

Claims

2
·Reported

The giants were ruled and ultimately ruined by Eurymedon.

See evidence text
“Eurymedon, who at one time reigned over the giants, but he ruined his ill-fated people”
·Reported

The savage giants are described as near kin to the gods.

See evidence text
“we are as near of kin to the gods as the Cyclopes and the savage giants are”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

2
·Disguised
“the giants, but he ruined his ill-fated people”
·Reported
“the savage giants”

Passage preview

Book 7 · Passage 6

‘This is the house, father stranger, which you would have me show you. You will find a number of great people sitting at table, but do not be afraid; go straight in, for the bolder a man is the more likely he is to carry his point, even though he is a stranger. First find the queen. Her name is Arete, and she comes of the same family as her husband Alcinous. They both descend originally from Neptune, who was father to Nausithous by Periboea, a woman of great beauty. Periboea was the youngest daughter of Eurymedon, who at one time reigned over the giants, but he ruined his ill-fated people and lost his own life to boot.