gigantomachy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. 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.

词形变化

gigantomachies plural Gigantomachy alternative

词源

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