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The '''Gigantes''' (in Greek [[Mythology]]) are (according to the poet [[Hesiod]]) the children of [[Uranos]] and [[Gaea]]. The [[Titans|titans]] are as well often imagined to be of great size and strength, hence the word titanic. Also the [[Cyclopes]], in mythology, are giants with one eye.
The '''Gigantes''' (in Greek [[Mythology]] monstrous giants) are (according to the poet [[Hesiod]]) the children of [[Uranos]] and [[Gaea]]. The [[Titans|titans]] are as well often imagined to be of great size and strength, hence the word titanic. Also the [[Cyclopes]], in mythology, are giants with one eye.
Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, was a giant, as well as Gog the giant of the Amorites, (''og in Hebrew means "gigantic"''). <ref>Hebrew Bible</ref>.
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[http://www.crystalinks.com/giants.html Giants]
*[http://www.crystalinks.com/giants.html Giants]
*[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gigantes.html Gigantes]
*[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gigantes.html Gigantes]
== References ==
<references/>
[[category:Ancient Greece]][[Category:Greek Mythology ]]
[[category:Ancient Greece]][[Category:Greek Mythology ]]