Briareus
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Briarean, brī-ā′re-an, adj. relating to Briareus, a hundred-handed giant: hence many-handed.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
No man, had he been endowed with as many arms as Briareus, would have sufficed for it.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
At that moment the wind rose and the mill-sails began to move, at which the Don cried aloud: “Base miscreants! though you move more arms than the giant Briareus, you shall pay for your arrogance.”
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
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
With the eyes of Argus he watched, and with the arms of Briareus he struck.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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