Giants Flashcards
Who were the parents of the giants?
Ge and Uranus
What creatures, with legs ending in the tails of snakes…
giants
Who was the leader of the giants?
Eurymedon
Who flung huge rocks and burning oaks into the sky?
the giants
When Ge wanted to find a plant that would immortalize the giants, what did Zeus do to keep it from her?
He forbade Eos, Helius, and Selene from giving light
What did the oracle tell the gods about the gigantomachy?
they needed the help of a mortal to destroy the giants
Who enlisted Heracles to help the gods against the Giants?
Athena
What mortal did Athena enlist to help fight the giants?
Heracles
Which two were the strongest of the giants?
Alcyoneus and Porphyrion
Who was the only immortal giant?
Alcyoneus
Where was Alcyoneus confined?
Pallene
Who killed Alcyoneus?
Heracles
How did Heracles kill Alcyoneus?
shot him and dragged him outside Pallene
Which giant attacked Heracles and Hera?
Porphyrion
What did the giant Porphyrion try to do?
rape hera
How did Porphyrion die?
Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt and Heracles shot him
Who shot Ephialted in the left eye?
Apollo
Who shot Ephialtes in the right eye?
Heracles
Who killed the giant Eurytus?
Dionysus
How did the giant Eurytus die?
Dionysus killed him with his Thyrsus
Who killed the giant Clytius?
Hecate
How did the giant Clytius die?
Hecate burned him to death with her torches
Who killed the giant Mimas?
Hephaestus
How did the giant Mimas die?
Hephaestus flung red hot metal at him
Who killed the giant Enceladus?
Athena
How did the giant Enceladus die?
Athena crushed him by flinging Sicily on top of him
Who killed the giant Pallas?
Athena
How did the giant pallas die?
Athena killed him and flayed him alive
Who’s skin did Athena use for her shield?
Pallas’s
Who killed the giant Polybotes?
Poseidon
How did the giant Polybotes die?
Poseidon chased him through the sea and threw Nisyrus on top of him
Who killed the giant Hippolytus?
Apollo
How did Apollo kill Hippolytus the giant?
wearing the cap of darkness from Hades
Who killed the giant Gration?
Artemis
How did the giant Gration die?
Artemis shot him
How did the giants Agrius and Thoas die?
The fates killed them with clubs of bronze
Who killed the giants Agrius and Thoas?
the fates
After the giants were defeated, out of anger, who did Ge bore?
Typhoeus
