Porphyrion
An artist's impression can be found on the large frieze of the Pergamon Altar : Zeus (left) fights with Porphyrion (sinking to the ground on the right)
Porphyrion ( Greek Πορφυρίων ) is a giant of Greek mythology .
He is the son of Gaia and the blood of the emasculated Uranus and was one of the giants who attacked the Olympian gods in the Gigantomachy . When he attacked Hera , he was struck down by Zeus with a thunderbolt and then killed by Heracles with an arrow.
literature
- Johannes Ilberg: Porphyrion . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2778-2880 ( digitized version ).