Athos

One of the Gigantes, the giants of Greek mythology who tried to storm the heavens. Athos flung a mountain at Zeus, but Zeus made it fall down near the Macedonian coast where it became Mount Athos. As such, Athos is also a surname of Zeus.1

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References

Notes

  1. Hesychius s.v. Ἀθῶος.

Sources

  • Comes Natalis l. II. c. 8. p. 165.
  • Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.