Almops

Almops (Ancient Greek: Ἄλμωψ) was in Greek mythology a giant, and son of the god Poseidon and the half-nymph Helle.[1] He was the brother of Paeon (called "Edonus" in some accounts).[2] With the others of his kind, the Gigantes, he waged war on Zeus and the gods of Olympus.

It is from Almops that the now-obsolete name for the region of Almopia and its inhabitants, the Almopes, in Macedonia, Greece, were believed to have derived their name.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Almops". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.
  2. ↑ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 230. ISBN 0-87436-581-3.
  3. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἀλμωπία

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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