Sculpture from the Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (courtesy AICT)

N. wing, W. side: Gigantomachy frieze/ E. Frieze: Zeus battling Three Giants / E. Frieze: Hekate & Artemis/ E. Frieze: Athena seizing the Giant Alcyoneos/ N. Frieze: Moirae overwhelm two Giants/ The Dioskouroi/ N. Frieze: Nyx, Goddess of Night/ N. Frieze: Keto, mother of the Graiae/ S. Frieze: Phoibe & Asteria/ S. Wing: W. Side: Dionysos/ S. Frieze: Attacking Goddess/ S. Frieze: Horses of Helios/ S. Frieze: Embattled Giants/

N. wing, W. side: Gigantomachy frieze

Complete View/ Gigantomachy frieze/ Gigantomachy with Triton and Amphitrite
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


E. Frieze: Zeus battling Three Giants

Zeus battling Three Giants/ Detail
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


E. Frieze: Hekate with her Molossian Dogs and Artemis battle the Giants Klytios and Otos(?)

Hekate and Artemis battling the Giants/ Detail
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


E. Frieze: Athena seizing the Giant Alcyoneos by the hair

Athena seizing the Giant/ Detail/ Detail Gaea
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


N. Frieze: Moirae overwhelm two Giants

Moirae overwhelm two Giants
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


N. Frieze: Dioskouroi ("Biter Group")--Polydeuces aids Castor against a Giant

The Dioskouroi
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


N. Frieze: Nyx, Goddess of Night (or one of the Erinyes/Furies?) hurls at serpent-wound vessel at a Giant

Nyx, Goddess of Night
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


N. Frieze: Keto, mother of the Graiae, and her lion attack a Giant

Keto, mother of the Graiae
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


S. Frieze: Titans, Phoibe and her daughter Asteria, spirits of the morning and evening stars, attack a Giant

Phoibe & her daughter Asteria
180-175 BCE &165-156 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


Angle of S. wing on W. side: Dionysos

Dionysos
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


S. Frieze: Attacking Goddess

Attacking Goddess
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


S. Frieze: Horses of Helios charge against a Giant

Horses of Helios
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


S. Frieze: Embattled Giants

Embattled Giants
180-175 BCE, Marble, Great Altar of Zeus, Pergamon (Berlin, Pergamon Museum)


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