war of giants against the gods
• (n.) A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
(from the article `giant`) ...creatures often depicted with men`s bodies terminating in serpentine legs. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, they were sons of Ge (`Earth`) and ...
the war between the giants and the Olympians.
Name given to the killing of the Giants in Greek myth. 
Gi`gan·tom'a·chy noun [ Latin gigantomachia , from Greek ...; ..., ..., giant + ... battle: confer French gigantomachie .] A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven. 
gigantomachy 1. A war of giants against other giants or a contest resembling this. 2. War of giants against gods.