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Things Not Generally Known: Cœlus

Gigantes. The sons of Cœlus and Terra, who, according to Hesiod, sprang from the blood of a wound inflicted on Cœlus by his son Saturn. They were represented as huge giants, with strength in accordance with their size. Glaucus. A fisherman of Bœotia. He observed that the fishes which he caught and laid on the grass became invigorated and leaped into the sea. He tasted the grass, and suddenly felt a desire to live in the sea. He was made a sea-deity by Oceanus and Tethys.

Harpylæ. The Harpies, winged monsters, who had the face of a woman, the body of a vulture, and feet and fingers armed with claws. They were three in number-Aello, Ocypete, and Celeno. They were daughters of Neptune and Terra. Hebe. A daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was made cup-bearer to the gods, but was dismissed from the office by Jupiter because she fell down in a clumsy posture as she was pouring out nectar at a festival, and Ganymede succeeded her as cup-bearer.

Helena. One of the most beautiful women in the age in which she lived. Her beauty was so universally admired, even in her infancy, that Theseus, with his friend Pirithous, carried her away when she was ten years of age and concealed her with his mother, but she was recovered by Castor and Pollux, and restored to her native country.