by MarkBour » Sat Mar 18, 2017 1:22 am
neufer wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_(Greek_mythology)#The_Gigantomachy wrote:<<The most detailed account of the Gigantomachy is that of the mythographer Apollodorus, who suggests a mother's revenge as the motive for the war, saying that Gaia bore the Giants because of her anger over the Titans (who had been vanquished and imprisoned by the Olympians). And seemingly, as soon as the Giants are born they begin hurling "rocks and burning oaks at the sky".
Gaia sought for a certain plant (pharmakon) that would protect the Giants. But before Gaia or anyone else could find this plant, Zeus forbade Eos (Dawn), Selene (Moon) and Helios (Sun) to shine, and harvested all of the plant himself.>>
That sounds like a late heavy bombardment to me.
There is an album with that title, by the group Mexican Ape-Lord. Not quite as easy-listening as Peter, Paul, and Mary. The guitar riffs are indeed reminiscent of hurling burning oaks at the sky, but I can't post a YouTube sample, because the lyrics are not appropriate to this forum.
[quote="neufer"][quote=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_(Greek_mythology)#The_Gigantomachy"]<<The most detailed account of the Gigantomachy is that of the mythographer Apollodorus, who suggests a mother's revenge as the motive for the war, saying that Gaia bore the Giants because of her anger over the Titans (who had been vanquished and imprisoned by the Olympians). And seemingly, as soon as the Giants are born they begin hurling "rocks and burning oaks at the sky".
Gaia sought for a certain plant (pharmakon) that would protect the Giants. But before Gaia or anyone else could find this plant, Zeus forbade Eos (Dawn), Selene (Moon) and Helios (Sun) to shine, and harvested all of the plant himself.>>[/quote][/quote]
That sounds like a late heavy bombardment to me.
There is an album with that title, by the group Mexican Ape-Lord. Not quite as easy-listening as Peter, Paul, and Mary. The guitar riffs are indeed reminiscent of hurling burning oaks at the sky, but I can't post a YouTube sample, because the lyrics are not appropriate to this forum.