Brewer's: Porphyrion

One of the giants who made war with the gods. He hurled the island of Delos against Zens (Jupiter); but Zeus, with the aid of Hercules, overcame him. (Greek fable.) (See Giants.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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