Gigantomachy

//d͡ʒaɪɡænˈtɒməki// name, noun

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

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

  2. 2
    Any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order. broadly, countable, uncountable

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

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of gigantomachy. alt-of

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία (Gigantomakhía), from Γίγας (Gígas, “giant”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ια (-ia). Compare Titanomachy, Typhonomachy, centauromachy.

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