Granicus
A small river of Mysia, rising in Mount Ida, and falling into the Propontis (Sea of Marmora) east of Priapus: memorable as the scene of the victory of Alexander the Great over the Persians, B. C. 334, and, in a less degree, for a victory of Lucullus over Mithridates, B. c. 73.
Gryps or Gryphus. A griffin, a fabulous animal, with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, dwelling in the Rhipaean Mountains, between the Hyperboreans and the one-eyed Arimaspians, and guarding the gold of the North. The Arimaspians mounted on horseback and attempted to steal the gold, and hence arose the hostility between the horse and the griffin. The belief in griffins came from the East, where they are mentioned among the fabulous animals which guarded the gold of India.
Gyas or Gyes, or Gyges. Son of Uranus (Heaven) and Ge (Earth), one of the giants with one hundred hands, who made war upon the gods.