The Gigantomachia, "struggle between gods and giants," is an episode of Greek mythology, which tells of the rebellion of the giants against the gods, and the battle in which the gods defeated them.
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| Fredrich Johann Justin Bertuch, Giant, Weimar, 1801 Bilderbuch für Kinder, vol. I, p. 172: Vermischte Gegenstände II, fig. 4 University Library Hildelberg |
Bertuch, Friedrich Johann Justin, and Carl Bertuch. Bilderbuch für Kinder [1790], Weimar: Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1801, vol. I. University Library Hildelberg
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| Fredrich Johann Justin Bertuch, Giant, Weimar, 1806 Bilderbuch für Kinder, vol. I, p. 172: Vermischte Gegenstände II, fig. 4 Fabelwesen: Gigant |
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| Gigantomachy Roman sculpture, Gigant fighting Artemis, drawing after marble relief in the Vatican Museum Meyers Konversationslexikon, 4th edition, 1885–90 |
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| Roman sculpture, Gigant from sarcophagus relief, 2nd century CE Archaological Museum, Istambul |
Resources
Créature légendaire, criatura imaginaria, criatura lendária, Fabelwesen, legendary creature, Mythisch wesen
Bertuch: Plates, 1801, I (p. 169), II (p. 172), III (p. X); 1806, II, III
Géants, Gigants, Gigantes
Gigantomachy
Gigantomachie
Gigantomachy visual resources
Gigantomachy frieze of the Pergamon Altar
Gigantomachy at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Titanomachy
Titanomachie
Titanomaquia
Nefilim
Nepheelim
Nephilim
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