\b0 The great and primordial struggle between the \b \cf4 \ATXht10703 Giants\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and the \b \cf4 \ATXht30 Olympians\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 that took place on the peninsula of Pallene, in Thrace. Although they were of divine origin, the Giants were mortal or, at least, could be killed if struck simultaneously by a god and a mortal. For this reason, the presenc
e of \b \cf4 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who had not yet been accepted among the gods, was decisive. The Giants were vanquished one by one: Alcyoneus, for instance, who was invincible as long as he remained on his native soil, was killed by
\b \cf4 \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht10811 Heracles\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 after the hero had carried him out of Pallene; Ephialtes was struck by an arrow from \b \cf4 \ATXht9 Apollo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 in the left eye and one from Heracles in
the right; \b \cf4 \ATXht11632 Porphyrion\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who attacked \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , was brought down by \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ' thunderbolt and Heracles' arrows.
