gigantomachy

British  

/ dʒaɪˌɡæntəʊˈmeɪkɪə, ˌdʒaɪɡænˈtɒməkɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth the war fought between the gods of Olympus and the rebelling giants See giant

2. any battle fought between or as if between giants

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Etymology

Origin of gigantomachy

C17: from Greek gigantomakhia, from gigas giant + makhē battle

Example Sentences

The exhibition starts with Golub’s masterpiece Gigantomachy II, a 25ft mural of nude men fighting, from 1966.

From The Guardian

Poseidon, trident in hand, fights the giant Polybotes in the Gigantomachy: a war that the Olympian gods won.

From New York Times

To it belongs a long frieze representing a variety of curious subjects: a battle, perhaps between Greeks and Trojans, with gods and goddesses looking on; a gigantomachy in which the figures of Poseidon, Athena, Hera, Apollo, Artemis and Cybele can be made out, with their opponents, who are armed like Greek hoplites; Athena and Heracles in a chariot; the carrying off of the daughters of Leucippus by Castor and Pollux; Aeolus holding the winds in sacks.

From Project Gutenberg

In one of the pediments was a gigantomachy, of which some fragments have been recovered.

From Project Gutenberg

We have therefore here a scene from one of the favorite subjects of Greek art at all periods—the gigantomachy, or battle of gods and giants.

From Project Gutenberg