people
Giants
also: gigantum, Telluris iuvenes
The sons of Earth who warred on the gods of Olympus and were crushed — the type of impious revolt.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.12 sons of Earth
The Giants, whose revolt made 'the shining house of old Saturn tremble.'
- The Odes §2.19 Giants
The earth-born rebels whom Bacchus, in lion-form, helped repel from heaven.
- The Odes §3.1 Giants
The earth-born rebels over whose defeat Jupiter triumphed.
- The Odes §3.4 Titans
The 'impious' brood swept away by Jupiter's bolt (here conflated with the Giants).