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gigantomachies

gigantomachies is the plural of gigantomachy.

Meaning of gigantomachy

Noun

gigantomachy (countable and uncountable, plural gigantomachies)

  1. (Greek) The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.
    • Here we will examine Amazonomachies, Gigantomachies, and Centauromachies; the Trojan War will be discussed in Chapter 7.1995, Susan B. Matheson, Polygnotos and Vase Painting in Classical Athens, University of Wisconsin Press, page 234
  2. (broadly) Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order.
    • Giant and dragon interchange as opponents of god or hero in folklore; in the gigantomachies we have evidence of their near-identity.1974, Joseph Eddy Fontenrose, Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins, Biblo & Tannen, page 56

Questions about gigantomachies

What is gigantomachies the plural of?
Gigantomachies is the plural of gigantomachy.

Words near gigantomachies in the dictionary

  1. gigantolithic
  2. gigantoliths
  3. gigantological
  4. gigantologies
  5. gigantology
  6. gigantomachies
  7. gigantomachy
  8. gigantomania
  9. gigantomaniac
  10. gigantomastia
  11. gigantomasty

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