Porphyrion

Family: Giants · Role: giant · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.6

Life events

• Zeus struck Porphyrion with a thunderbolt, and Hercules shot him dead.(Apollodorus, Library 1.6)
  • With: Zeus Heracles Hera
  • “Nevertheless Zeus inspired him with lust for Hera, and when he tore her robes and would have forced her, she called for help, and Zeus smote him with a thunderbolt, and Hercules shot him dead with an arrow.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.6

• enemies with Heracles “But in the battle Porphyrion attacked Hercules and Hera.”
• enemies with Hera “But in the battle Porphyrion attacked Hercules and Hera.”
• enemies with Zeus “Nevertheless Zeus inspired him with lust for Hera, and when he tore her robes and would have forced her, she called for help, and Zeus smote him with a thunderbolt, and Hercules shot him dead with an arrow.”
• parent: Earth (Porphyrion is identified as one of the giants born from Earth.) “But Earth, vexed on account of the Titans, brought forth the giants, whom she had by Sky. These were matchless in the bulk of their bodies and invincible in their might; terrible of aspect did they appear, with long locks drooping from their head and chin, and with the scales of dragons for feet. They were born, as some say, in Phlegrae, but according to others in Pallene . And they darted rocks and burning oaks at the sky. Surpassing all the rest were Porphyrion and Alcyoneus”
• parent: Sky (Porphyrion is identified as one of the giants born from Earth and Sky.) “But Earth, vexed on account of the Titans, brought forth the giants, whom she had by Sky. These were matchless in the bulk of their bodies and invincible in their might; terrible of aspect did they appear, with long locks drooping from their head and chin, and with the scales of dragons for feet. They were born, as some say, in Phlegrae, but according to others in Pallene . And they darted rocks and burning oaks at the sky. Surpassing all the rest were Porphyrion and Alcyoneus”
• with Zeus (Zeus struck Porphyrion with a thunderbolt.) “Zeus smote him with a thunderbolt”
• with Heracles (Hercules killed Porphyrion.) “and Hercules shot him dead with an arrow.”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.