The Gigantes
Also known as: Gigantes, the Giants, Gigantes (Γίγαντες)
Basic account
Earth-born Greek race defeated by the Olympians: man-sized in the earliest art, snake-legged only later.
Account
The Greek giants may not have been giants. In the earliest art they are painted as ordinary armed men.
Motifs
- Buried under fire
- Defeated by cunning
- The people who came before
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What is disputed
The war is younger than the giants.
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Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 185
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