Gigantes

[ ji-gan-teez ]
/ dʒɪˈgæn tiz /

plural noun

huge monsters, the children of Gaea, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.

Example sentences from the Web for gigantes

  • Oromedon or Eurymedon was the king of the Gigantes, mentioned in Odyssey vii.

    Theocritus, Bion and Moschus |Theocritus

  • The beams carry a large pediment, originally adorned with groups of statues representing Jupiter's victories over the Gigantes.

    Museum of Antiquity |L. W. Yaggy