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Τυφωεύς

Τυφωεύς, Typhoeus

Τῠφωεύς, ὁ, gen. έος Il. 2.783, dat. έϊ ib. 782, acc. έα Hes. Th. 821; Τῡφώς, Pi. P. 1.16, A. Pr. 372, gen. Τυφῶ Id. Th. 517, Supp. 560 (lyr.), Ar. Nu. 336 (anap.), acc. Τυφῶ Hdt. 3.5, Ar. Eq. 511 (anap.); also nom. Τῡφῶν (q. v.):—
  • Typhoëus or Typhos, a hundred-headed giant buried by Zeus (εἰν Ἀρίμοις), Il. 2.782; youngest son of Gaia and Tartarus, Hes. Th. 821; Pi. gives his birthplace as Cilicia, but places him under Cyme and Sicily, and so accounts for the eruptions of Etna, l.c. [ῡ in disyll. cases, ῠ in the others, cf. Τυφῶν.]

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