The Gigantes sprang from Gaia when the blood of the castrated Uranus soaked the earth. Born from this act of divine violence, they later waged war against the Olympians in the Gigantomachy.
A prophecy declared the Gigantes could only be defeated with the aid of a mortal hero. Heracles fulfilled this role in the Gigantomachy, finishing off each giant with his arrows after the gods wounded them.
The Olympians fought the Gigantes in the Gigantomachy, a battle in which the gods required the aid of the mortal hero Heracles to defeat the earth-born giants whom Gaia had raised against them.
Zeus led the Olympians against the Gigantes in the Gigantomachy, striking the giants with his thunderbolts while Heracles delivered the mortal blows required to kill the earth-born warriors.
During the Gigantomachy, the Moirai killed the Gigantes Agrius and Thoas with bronze clubs, according to Apollodorus.
Athena fought the Gigantes in the Gigantomachy, slaying Enceladus by hurling the island of Sicily upon him and flaying the giant Pallas to use his skin as her shield.
The Gigantes were the earth-born warriors who waged war against the Olympians in the Gigantomachy. Born from Gaia's blood, they fought with boulders and burning oaks but fell to the combined might of gods and Heracles.
The Gigantes sprang from the blood of Uranus when Kronos castrated him. Born from the same act of violence that made Kronos king, they later waged their own war against the Olympians.
The Gigantes sprang from the blood of Uranus when Kronos castrated him — the same act that established the Titans' rule. Both races challenged the Olympians in successive cosmic wars.
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