Gigantomachia

…Using rocks and tree stumps as weapons, they challenged the Olympian gods led by Zeus, but were defeated by the gods who sided with Hercules and buried under volcanoes in various places. This battle, called the Gigantomachia, became a popular subject for group sculpture, and is depicted in magnificent reliefs on the frieze of the Treasury of the Sifnians at Delphi (6th century BC) and the Great Altar of Pergamon in Asia Minor (Hellenistic period). The Gigantes were originally depicted as human beings, but later they were depicted as monsters with the lower body of a dragon. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼らは岩や木の株を武器にしてゼウスの率いるオリュンポス神に戦いを挑んだが，ヘラクレスを味方につけた神々に滅ぼされ，各地の火山の下に埋められたという。ギガントマキアGigantomachiaと呼ばれるこの戦いは群像彫刻のかっこうの主題となり，デルフォイの〈シフノス人の宝庫〉のフリーズ(前6世紀)や，小アジアのペルガモンの大祭壇(ヘレニズム期)にみごとな浮彫を残している。ギガンテスは古くは人間の姿に描かれたが，のちには下半身が竜の姿をした怪物に表現された。…

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