Alcyoneus
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In Greek mythology, Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus was a traditional opponent of the hero Heracles. He was usually considered to be one of the Gigantes, the offspring of Gaia born from the blood of the castra
Alcyoneus (?), Athena, Gaia, and Nike, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin.
Heracles and Alcyoneus, metope from the first Heraion at Foce del Sele
Pergamon Altar
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The Pergamon Altar was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II of the Pergamon Empire in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of th
The reconstructed Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
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Carl Humann's 1881 plan of the Pergamon acropolis