Heracles slew not only Alcyoneus, but dealt the death blow to the Giants who had been wounded by the Olympians.

The Giants who died by the hero's hands were Alcyoneus, Ephialtes, Leon, Peloreus, Porphyrion and Theodamas, giving Heracles the most kills of the Gigantomachy.

* Alcyoneus, son of Diomus and Meganeira, a handsome youth of Delphi who was to be given up to Sybaris, but was rescued by Eurybarus.

* Alcippe, one of the Alcyonides, daughters of Alcyoneus.

Led on by Alcyoneus, and Porphyrion, they tested the strength of the Olympians in what is known as the Gigantomachia or Gigantomachy.

Heracles responded to Athena's request by shooting an arrow dipped in the poisonous blood of the dreaded Hydra at Alcyoneus, which made the Giant fall to the earth.

Athena advised Heracles to drag Alcyoneus outside Pallene to make the Giant susceptible to death.

* Alcyoneus: One of the strongest of the Giants, along with Porphyrion.

* Porphyrion: One of the strongest of the Giants, along with Alcyoneus.

Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus () is a name that refers to several distinct figures in Greek mythology.

Alcyoneus was the eldest of the Thracian Gigantes of Greek mythology.

Alcyoneus was in possession of the Isthmus of Corinth at the time when Heracles drove away the oxen of Geryon.

Heracles himself warded off the stone with his club and slew Alcyoneus.

In another passage Pindar calls Alcyoneus a Thracian shepherd, and places the struggle with him in the Phlegraean plains.

According to Pseudo-Apollodorus, Heracles sneaked up on Alcyoneus and wounded him, although the giant did not die until Heracles dragged him out of his homeland, Pallene.

* Alcyoneus, an alternate name for Ischys.

The mortal lover of Coronis was also known as Alcyoneus or Lycus.

Alcyoneus, one of Antigonus's sons, heard that Pyrrhus had been killed.

Later, Alcyoneus discovered Hellenicus, Pyrrhus's son, disguised in threadbare clothes.

Interestingly, the figure of Alcyoneus on the Pergamon Altar ( dated ca 180-160 BC ) is shown in a pose and situation ( including serpents ) which is very similar to those of Laocoön in the sculpture group.

The Alkyonides () were, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Alcyoneus.

It is noteworthy that the opponent of the goddess Athena on the side of the Giants, Alcyoneus, strongly resembles Laokoon in posture and portrayal.

In Greek mythology, Gigantomachy ( from, from gigas Giant and makhē battle ) was the symbolic struggle between the cosmic order of the Olympians led by Zeus and the nether forces of Chaos led by the giant Alcyoneus.

Pallene was regarded as the Giants ' home ground during the Gigantomachy ; their leader Alcyoneus could not be defeated in his homeland, so Heracles picked him up and carried him over the border out of Pallene, and slaughtered him there.

The Ethiopian forces positioned themselves on the hills overlooking the Adwa valley, in perfect position to receive the Italians, who were exposed and vulnerable to crossfire.

Levine also noted that the victory " gave encouragement to isolationist and conservative strains that were deeply rooted in Ethiopian culture, strengthening the hand of those who would strive to keep Ethiopia from adopting techniques imported from the modern West-resistances with which both Menelik and Ras Teferi / Haile Selassie would have to contend "

Fidel Castro was a friend of the Marxist-Leninist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, whose regime killed hundreds of thousands during the Ethiopian Red Terror of the late 1970s and who was later convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Finally, in 1962 Haile Selassie pressured the Eritrean Assembly to abolish the Federation and join the Imperial Ethiopian fold, much to the dismay of those in Eritrea who favored a more liberal political order.

By supporting those who destroy peace processes in our neighbouring countries, Norway undermines the Ethiopian government ’ s peace work.

In addition, Eastern Oromos who were converted to Islam ruled over most of Ethiopia together with Afars and Somalis when Horn of African Muslims who were united and led by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi conquered a majority of Christian Ethiopian highlands.

In the general view of Oromo people's role in Ethiopia, Ras Gobana Dacche is a famous Oromo figure who led the development of modern Ethiopia and the political and miliatary incorporation of more territories into Ethiopian borders.

Another famous leader of Ethiopia with Oromo descent was Ras Makonnen Woldemikael Gudessa, the governor of Harar who served as the top general in the First Italo – Ethiopian War, playing a key role at the Battle of Adwa.

Ahmed Gurey's widow married his nephew Nur ibn Mujahid, in return for his promise to avenge Ahmed's death, who succeeded Ahmed Gurey, and continued hostilities against his northern adversaries until he killed the Ethiopian Emperor in his second invasion of Ethiopia.

Sainthood in the Orthodox Church does not necessarily reflect a moral model, but the communion with God: there are countless examples of people who lived in great sin and became saints by humility and repentance, such as Mary of Egypt, Moses the Ethiopian, and of course Dysmas, the repentant thief who was crucified.

Kaleb installed a native Himyarite viceroy, Sumyafa ' Ashwa ', who ruled until 525, when he was deposed by the Aksumite general ( or soldier and former slave ) Abraha with the support of disgruntled Ethiopian soldiers.

The Persian king Khosrau I, sent troops under the command of Vahriz, who helped Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan to drive the Ethiopian Aksumites out of Yemen.

* March 9 – Yohannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma ; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army.

Keita claimed that " the data supported the comments from ancient authors observed by classicists: everything from fair-skinned blonds to peoples who were dark-skinned ' Ethiopian ' or part Ethiopian in appearance.

One Catalonian legend holds it was named for Tarraho, eldest son of Tubal in c. 2407 BC ; another ( derived from Strabo and Megasthenes ) attributes the name to ' Tearcon the Ethiopian ', a 7th century BC pharaoh who supposedly campaigned in Spain.

According to him, in the government's ensuing conflict with the Ethiopian Olympic Committee, who wanted him to compete, he didn't get sent to either event.

Traditionally Ethiopian emperors were crowned at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, the site of the chapel in which is kept what is believed to be the Ark of the Covenant, in order to validate the new emperor's legitimacy by reinforcing his claim to descent from Menelik I, the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who is believed to have brought the Ark from Jerusalem to Axum.

Poseidon looked after him and brought him to shore in Ethiopia, where Benthesikyme, a daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite, raised the child, who then married one of Benthesikyme's two daughters by her Ethiopian husband.

* For the representation of Tigrinya sounds, this article uses a modification of a system that is common ( though not universal ) among linguists who work on Ethiopian Semitic languages, but it differs somewhat from the conventions of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

* 34-In Gaza, Philip baptizes a convert, an Ethiopian who was already a Jewish proselyte.

However according to Herodotus who gives two detailed stories, Bardiya went to Egypt with Cambyses and was there for some time but later Cambyses sent him back to Susa out of envy, because " Bardiya alone could draw the bow brought from the Ethiopian king.