gigantomachy

/ dʒaɪˌɡæntəʊˈmeɪkɪə; ˌdʒaɪɡænˈtɒməkɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth the war fought between the gods of Olympus and the rebelling giants See giant
2. any battle fought between or as if between giants

Word History and Origins

Origin of gigantomachy¹

C17: from Greek gigantomakhia, from gigas giant + makhē battle

Example Sentences

The exhibition starts with Golub’s masterpiece Gigantomachy II, a 25ft mural of nude men fighting, from 1966.

From The Guardian

Poseidon, trident in hand, fights the giant Polybotes in the Gigantomachy: a war that the Olympian gods won.

From New York Times

To it belongs a long frieze representing a variety of curious subjects: a battle, perhaps between Greeks and Trojans, with gods and goddesses looking on; a gigantomachy in which the figures of Poseidon, Athena, Hera, Apollo, Artemis and Cybele can be made out, with their opponents, who are armed like Greek hoplites; Athena and Heracles in a chariot; the carrying off of the daughters of Leucippus by Castor and Pollux; Aeolus holding the winds in sacks.

From Project Gutenberg

In one of the pediments was a gigantomachy, of which some fragments have been recovered.

From Project Gutenberg

An encounter between Swift and Johnson, were it imaginable, would present us probably the most prodigious Gigantomachy in literary polemics.

From Project Gutenberg