Harpolykos was one of two Gigantes that Hera killed. Harpoykos not shown as often as Phoitos though she is shown on one side of a Black figure Amphora which was dated somewhere between 575 B.C. to 525 B.C. she is shown on the far left stabbing Harpolykos with a knife or sword while her husband faced off against Hyperbios and Agasthenes. The fallen Ephialtes (who had been killed by the unpictured Apollo) is also shown.
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Fighting against the Gigantes Phoitos and Harpolykos in the Gigantomakhia was the first time Hera ever directly involved herself in the attempts to destroy enemies (sending a Crab to distract Herakles during his second labor.
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