... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > myths about creation: cosmogony, theogony, and the origin of man > the battles (of Titans, Giants, Typhon, Aloeids) with the gods > the Aloeids (Aloidae), Otus and Ephialtes, and their battle against the gods > battle of the Aloeids against the gods > the Aloeids try to reach Heaven by piling Mount Ossa and Mount Pelion on Olympus