Gigantomachy Identification

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The battle of the gods vs. the giants for the land of Erath, in some ways a creation myth
Gigantomachy
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Created by Gaia with Ouranous as retribution for the fall of the Titans. In the classical period, largely depicted simply as warriors, in the hellenistic period they have serpent coils for legs. Sometimes they wear animal skins to ditinguish then and are generally represented as more "barbaric"
The giants
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Giant Athena often fights
Aenchalados, Enkalados
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often holds a large ston representing the island of Nisyros, having broken it off of Kos to fight a giant
Posedion
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forms a triad for the Gigantomachy, according to a prophecy the gods would only be able to win against the giants with the help of mortal, these were the favorites.
Zeus, Athena, Herakles
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fights with panther, snakes, other animals, and thyrosos
Dionysus
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One of two figures that might be fighting with torches
Demeter or Hecate
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the two often go as pair in a giantomachy and fight with animals and bows
Apollo and Artemis
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Hard to distinguished in a giantomachy, often represented as just women with spears, unless given some other contextual identifiying factor (ie. Eros)
Aphrodite or Hera
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Often just represented as a warrior, might be in the presence of Aphrodite
Ares
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