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During the Titanomachy, the freed Hecatoncheires used their many arms to hurl boulders in support of which side, helping secure its victory?
Answer
Zeus and the Olympian gods
Zeus freed the Hecatoncheires from their imprisonment and enlisted them in the war against the Titans, where their overwhelming might helped the Olympians win.
💡 Did you know?
Hecatoncheires—the hundred-handed giants of Greek myth—were imprisoned by their own father, then freed to fight Titans, becoming war heroes by accident.
Other options people guess
- Cronus and the Titans
- Uranus and the primordial gods
- Poseidon and the sea deities
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- titanomachy
- olympians
- lesser-known-gods
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