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  • A Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene, he had three brothers- Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. He joined Cronus and the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympian gods. Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt and sent him down to Tartarus.
  • Father of Patroclus and son of Actor. (Iliad, XI, 765)
  • One of Hades' shepherds on Erythea. He told Geryon when Heracles stole Geryon's herd.

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