gigantomachy

Meaning

Noun

• The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods;
  any battle envisaged as being waged by giants against gods or against an established universal order.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek Γίγαντες (plural of Γίγας) + μάχη + -ια. Compare Titanomachy, Typhonomachy, centauromachy.