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The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD) |
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| Set III-2-gio-001. In Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants were a race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size. In Archaic and Classical iconography, Giants are shown as man-sized hoplites (heavily armed ancient Greek foot-soldiers) fully human in form. Later artistic representations (after c. 380 BC) show Giants with snakes for legs. In later traditions, the Giants were often confused with other opponents of the Olympians, the earlier generation of the Titans. After loosing their battle with the Olympian gods (Gigantomachy), the vanquished Giants were said to be buried under volcanoes (e.g. Etna) and large islands (e.g. Sicily).
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Abrasax [ΙΑΩ] ·
Baal Arwad ·
Cecrops ·
Demeter·Thermuthis ·
Harpocrates·Sobek ·
Isis·Thermuthis ·
Lernean Hydra ·
Giant (Phytopode) ·
Spirit (Pterophytopode) ·
Scylla ·
Serapis·Agathodaemon ·
Triton, Nereus
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| Source-Image(s): The set is researched, compiled, and designed by Alexei Alexeev. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. The general list of the compendium's images' sources is available on the Sources introductory page. |
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