Campe

Overview

Campe is the guard of the Tartarean prisoners in Pseudo-Apollodorus. Gaia prophesies victory if Zeus gains the prisoners as allies, so Zeus kills Campe and releases them. Hesiod’s corresponding passage says that the Hundred-Handers are brought back into the light but names no jailer, making Campe specific to the later explicit account.

Key facts

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Relationships

• Hundred-Handersguards as jailer

  Pseudo-Apollodorus makes Campe jailer of the imprisoned Hundred-Handers.

• Zeuskills and removes as jailer

  In Pseudo-Apollodorus, Zeus kills Campe and frees the prisoners.

Story appearances

• The TitanomachyThe female monster who guards the Tartarean prisoners only in Pseudo-Apollodorus' account.

  The female monster who guards the Tartarean prisoners only in Pseudo-Apollodorus' account.

Ancient sources

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• Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1.2.1: Metis' drug, ten-year war, Gaia's prophecy, Campe, three weapons, Titan imprisonment and division by lot