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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Otos

A giant, brother of Ephialtes (q.v.). Both brothers grew nine inches every month. According to Pliny, Otos was forty-six cubits (sixty-six feet) in height. (Greek fable.) (See Giants.)

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

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