Alcyoneus

American  

[al-sahy-uh-nyoos, -nuhs] / ælˈsaɪ əˌnyus, -nəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a giant who threw a stone at Hercules and was killed when Hercules hit the stone back with his club.

2. a giant who, invulnerable in his own country, was dragged by Hercules to another country and there killed.

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Example Sentences

Percy told them how he’d traveled to Alaska with Frank and Hazel—how they’d defeated the giant Alcyoneus, freed the death god Thanatos, and returned with the lost golden eagle standard of the Roman camp to repel an attack by the giants’ army.

From Literature

“Alcyoneus was a special case,” Frank said.

From Literature

“In the first giant war, the gods called on heroes to join them, and they were victorious. Whether it could happen again, I don’t know. But with Alcyoneus ...he was different. He was completely immortal, impossible to kill by god or demigod, as long as he remained in his home territory—the place where he was born.”

From Literature

“So you—you can’t be killed because Alcyoneus has captured Death, is that it?”

From Literature

“So Alcyoneus is on a glacier,” she said.

From Literature