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

Potter is different, and instead of an audience you want a kind of perpetual chaperon, not a Briareus creature with lots of hands to applaud.

From Lady Betty Across the Water by Lowell, Orson

I wished I was the heathen Briareus then, with an hundred arms.

From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines

Thetis brought the hundred-handed Briareus to the help of the outnumbered and over-mastered Zeus.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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

Mark that ferocious Briareus there scowling in a corner!

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