Gigantomachy

Quick meaning: Gigantomachy is a noun meaning (by extension) Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order.

Meaning

(by extension) Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order.

More Meanings

1. (Greek mythology) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.

Example Sentences

Here we will examine Amazonomachies, Gigantomachies, and Centauromachies; the Trojan War will be discussed in Chapter 7.

Giant and dragon interchange as opponents of god or hero in folklore; in the gigantomachies we have evidence of their near-identity.

You often see the Gigantomachy in the sculptural decoration of Archaic temples: the statement of the authority of the gods, made by the temple itself, is reinforced by the myth told upon it.

First, beginning in the 5th cent. BC, the line between religious and commemorative-political art became blurred as traditional subjects were blurred to convey political meanings (e.g. the Amazonomachy, the Gigantomachy; see AMAZONS, GIANTS).

Word Forms

• gigantomachies

Related Words

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