Editing Giant (section)

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[[File:Herakles Antaios Louvre G103.jpg|thumb|right|[[Heracles]] faces the giant [[Antaios]] in this illustration on a calix [[krater]], c. 515–510 BC.]]
In [[Greek mythology]], the ''[[Giants (Greek mythology)|Gigantes]]'' (γίγαντες) were (according to the poet [[Hesiod]]) the children of [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] (Ουρανός) and [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] (Γαία) (spirits of the sky and the earth) where some depictions had them with snake-like legs. They were involved in a conflict with the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods]] called the ''[[Gigantomachy]]'' (Γιγαντομαχία) when Gaia had them attack [[Mount Olympus]]. This battle was eventually settled when the hero [[Heracles]] decided to help the Olympians. The Greeks believed some of them, like [[Enceladus (giant)|Enceladus]], to lie buried from that time under the earth and that their tormented quivers resulted in [[earthquakes]] and [[volcanic eruption]]s.

[[Herodotus]] in Book 1, Chapter 68, describes how the [[Sparta|Spartans]] uncovered in [[Tegea]] the body of [[Orestes]], which was seven cubits long ⁠ ⁠—  approximately 3.73{{nbsp}}m, or about 12{{nbsp}}feet 3{{nbsp}}inches. In his book ''The Comparison of Romulus with Theseus'', [[Plutarch]] describes how the [[Athenians]] uncovered the body of [[Theseus]], which was "of more than ordinary size." The kneecaps of [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]] were exactly the size of a [[Discus throw|discus]] for the boy's [[pentathlon]], wrote [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]]. A boy's discus was about {{Convert|12|cm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter, while a normal adult [[patella]] is around {{Convert|5|cm|in|abbr=on}}, suggesting Ajax may have been nearly 14{{nbsp}}feet (over 4{{nbsp}}m) tall.

The [[Cyclopes]] are also compared to giants due to their huge size (e.g.{{nbsp}}[[Polyphemus]], son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Thoosa]] and nemesis of [[Odysseus]] in [[Homer]]'s [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']]). The Elder Cyclopes were the children of Gaia and Uranus, and later made [[Zeus]]' "master thunderbolt", Poseidon's trident, and [[Hades]]' "helm of darkness", during the [[Titanomachy]].

The [[Hecatoncheires]] are giants that have 100 arms and 50 heads who were also the children of Gaia and Uranus.

Other known giant races in Greek mythology include the six-armed [[Gegenees|Gegeines]], the northern [[Hyperborea]]ns, and the cannibalistic [[Laestrygonians]].