Briareus

British  

/ braɪˈɛərɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans

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Other Word Forms

• Briarean adjective

Example Sentences

It is very much the same as if a man maimed and blind should be afraid of becoming hundred-handed like Briareus or all eyes like Argus.

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard

That figure seemed to be upon him, bending, holding him down with the hands of Briareus.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John

There ensued, after this harangue of Briareus, a profound and thrilling silence, which was, however, broken in due time by the great leader of the Titans himself.

From The Infernal Marriage by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Such was the scene, when midst the loud alarms Sublime the eternal Thunderer rose in arms; When Briareus, by mad ambition driven, Heaved Pelion huge, and hurled it high at heaven.

From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James

One must have the hundred hands of Briareus, and the hundred eyes of Argus, with brains to suit, to know anything at all worth while, in our age.

From 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century by Hartshorne, Henry