Ægæon

, one of Lycaon’s 50 sons. Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 8 .――The son of Cœlus, or of Pontus and Terra, the same as Briareus. See: Briareus . It is supposed that he was a notorious pirate, chiefly residing at Æga, whence his name; and that the fable about his 100 hands arises from his having 100 men to manage his oars in his piratical excursions. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 10 , li. 565 .— Hesiod , Theogony , li. 149 .— Homer , Iliad , bk. 10 , li. 404 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 2 , li. 10 .