Definitions For Gigantomachy

Noun

GIGANTOMACHY (plural gigantomachies) (Greek mythology) The battle of the giant, giants (offspring of gaia, according to hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of uranus) against the olympian gods;
(by extension) any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order.

Translations

Italian: gigantomachia, f Polish: gigantomachia, f Portuguese: gigantomaquia, f

Alternative forms

Gigantomachy

Etymology

From {{der, en, grc, Γίγαντες}} (plural of Γίγας, , giant) + μάχη, , battle + -ια. Compare Titanomachy, Typhonomachy, centauromachy.