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Fig. 112. Conflict between Gods and Giants A monument of Hellenistic art — part of the great frieze around the colossal altar of Zeus at Pergamum (Fig. loi). A giant at the left, whose limbs end in serpents, raises over his head a great stone to hurl it at the goddess on the right. Note the vigorous action evident in the agitation of her drapery