Palaiphatos De Incredibilibus 19

ed. Nicola Festa

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[Περὶ Κόττου καὶ Βριάρεω.]

Περὶ Κόττου καὶ Βριάρεω, ὡς ἑκατὸν ἔσχον χεῖρας ἄνδρες ὄντες, πῶς οὐκ εὔηθες; τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς οὕτως. τούτων τῇ πόλει ὄνομα ἦν Ἑκατογχειρία, ἐν ᾗ ᾤκουν, ἦν δὲ τῆς Χαονίας τῆς νῦν Ὀρεστιάδος καλουμένης. τεκμαίρομαι δὲ ὅτι μετὰ τῶν Ὀλυμπίων ἐμαχέσαντο τὴν πρὸς Τιτᾶνας μάχην· ταῦτα δὲ τὰ χωρία ὅμορά ἐστι τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ. ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι Κόττος καὶ Βριάρεως [καὶ Γύγης] οἱ Ἑκατόγχειρες βοηθήσαντες τοῖς Ὀλυμπίοις αὐτοὶ ἐξήλασαν τοὺς Τιτᾶνας ἐκ τοῦ Ὀλύμπου.

De Incredibilibus. Palaiphatos. ed. Nicola Festa. Leipzig. 1902.

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De Incredibilibus (Greek) (Palaiphatos. Mythographi Graeci. Vol. 3, fasc. 2. Festa, Nicola, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1902.)

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On Unbelievable Stories First1KGreek (Palaiphatos. On Unbelievable Stories. Hawes, Greta, et al., translators. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2021. (digital publication)) — 19 focus

Cottos and Briareus

They say about Cottos and Briareos that they each had one hundred hands, even though they were men. How is this not naive?

The truth is as follows. The name of the city in which they lived was Hundred-hands; this was in Chaonia and is now called Orestias. I base my claim on the fact that they fought alongside the Olympians in the battle against the Titans and these lands border on Olympos. And so people would say, Cottos and Briareos, the Hundred-handers, helped the Olympians and drove the Titans from Olympos.

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[Περὶ Κόττου καὶ Βριάρεω.]

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Cottos and Briareus

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