#I have to make a post about Briareos/Aigaion soon

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"When Zeus took control in the heavens, he wielded his power excessively, committing many willful acts. Poseidon, Hera and Apollo wished to subjugate him by tying him up. When Thetis heard the plot against Zeus from her father, Nereus (he was a seer), she hurried to him, leading forth as an ally Aigaion to terrify the conspiring gods. He was a sea-god and judged against his father, Poseidon. When Zeus heard Thetis’ message, he hung Hera up in the fetters she intended for him and sentenced Poseidon and Apollo to serve Laomedon." - Schol. (D) Il. 1.399

A lot of interesting details in this version: first, the variant that Aigaion is Poseidon's son — as opposed to his son in law like in the Theogony 817, or his defeated opponent in Schol. Apoll. 1.165 (I adore all of his associations with the sea so much) — probably to explain Homer's comment that he's greater than his father. Second that Thetis learns about the coup from Nereus, and third, and this is what really got my attention, the detail that Zeus binds Hera in the golden chains she'd reserved for him.