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  1. Gigantomachy

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    Aftermath and Allegorical Significance
    Upon the Giants' defeat, the survivors were often imprisoned beneath geographical features, serving as explanations for natural phenomena. For example, some were buried beneath volcanoes, their frustrated struggles manifesting as eruptions [^12]. This is particularly true for Typhon, whose entombment beneath Mount Etna is widely cited, although Typhon's conflict is sometimes treated separately from the main Gigantomachy narrative.
    The Gigantomachy served several important allegorical functions in later Greek thought: