An educational lesson describing the Pergamon Altar's Gigantomachy frieze, giving the Athena/Alcyoneus/Gaia scene: Athena breaking the giant Alcyoneus's contact with the earth, from which Gaia, his mother and the source of his immortal strength, rises to plead for him, used here to corroborate the scene's subject and the frieze's high-relief technique.
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a general educational reference lesson, used here only to corroborate the Gaia/Alcyoneus scene and the frieze's carving technique, not for any fact not also attested by the first source. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Athena directly: "Gigantomachy frieze, giving the Athena/Alcyoneus/Gaia scene: Athena breaking the giant Alcyoneus's contact with the earth, from which Gaia, his mother and the source of his immortal strength, rises..."
This source names Athena directly: "Gigantomachy frieze, giving the Athena/Alcyoneus/Gaia scene: Athena breaking the giant Alcyoneus's contact with the earth, from which Gaia, his mother and the source of his immortal strength, rises..."
Gaia, Deities This source names Gaia directly: "frieze, giving the Athena/Alcyoneus/Gaia scene: Athena breaking the giant Alcyoneus's contact with the earth, from which Gaia, his mother and the source of his immortal strength, rises to plead for..."
Gaia, Figures This source names Gaia directly: "frieze, giving the Athena/Alcyoneus/Gaia scene: Athena breaking the giant Alcyoneus's contact with the earth, from which Gaia, his mother and the source of his immortal strength, rises to plead for..."
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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