https://greekmythology.wikia.org/wiki/Ephialtes_(Gigantes)?oldid=77441. In Greek mythology, the Aloadae or Aloads (Ancient Greek: Ἀλωάδαι Aloadai) were Otus or Otos (Ὦτος means "insatiate") and Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης "nightmare"), sons of Iphimedia, wife of Aloeus, by Poseidon, whom she induced to make her pregnant by going to the seashore and disporting herself in the surf or scooping seawater into her bosom. "Ephialtes (giant)" and "Otos" redirect here. "he who jumps upon") is also the Greek word for "nightmare",[14] and Ephialtes was sometimes considered the daimon of nightmares. Apollo who holds a bow in one hand and a sword in the other fights Ephialtes and Hera spear in hand prepares to finish Phoitos who holds only his spear (his shield seems to have fallen. Voice actor Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology. The Aloadae, not wanting her to get away, threw their spears and simultaneously killed each other. In the Inferno of Dante's Divine Comedy Ephialtes is one of four giants placed in the great pit that separates Dis, or the seventh and eighth circles of Hell, from Cocytus, the Ninth Circle. Their plan, or construction, of a pile of mountains atop which they would confront the gods is described differently according to the author (including Homer, Virgil, and Ovid), and occasionally changed by translators. Ossa. Olympus and Mt. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aloadae&oldid=980592723, Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 10:25. From Aloeus they received their patronymic, the Aloadae. [4][5], The brothers wanted to storm Mt. Pelion on Mt. [citation needed] Artemis changed herself into a doe and jumped between them. Mount Olympus is usually said to be on the bottom mountain, with Mounts Ossa and Pelion upon Ossa as second and third, either respectively or vice versa. –Ephialtes, in The Mark of Athena. Treachery He is chained. [7], According to another version of their struggle against the Olympians, alluded to so briefly[8] that it must have been already familiar to the epic's hearers, they managed to kidnap Ares and hold him in a bronze jar, a storage pithos, for thirteen months, a lunar year. Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης) (sometimes known as Udaeus) was one of the 100 Gigantes created to overthrow the Olympians by storming Olympus. Ephialtes (lit. [9] He was only released when Artemis offered herself to Otus. Dante's Inferno Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Ephialtes is a Gigante first created by Gaea to destroy the Olympian gods during the first Gigantomachy. His twin brother is Otis, and they were created to be the banes of Dionysus/Bacchus. " The Romans always wanted bread and circuses—food and entertainment! As we destroy their city, I will offer them both. " Their names were Otus and Ephialtes, and they were sons of Aloeus' wife by Poseidon. This made Ephialtes envious and the pair fought. He, like the other giants, attempted to use their frozen breath to stop Dante from reaching Lucifer. (ălōī`dē), in Greek mythology, two giants who warred against the Olympian gods. Male Alerted by Eriboea, Hermes rescued Ares. They were strong and aggressive giants, growing by nine fingers every month[3] nine fathoms tall at age of nine, and only outshone in beauty by Orion. [2] From Aloeus they received their patronymic, the Aloadae. "And that would have been the end of Ares and his appetite for war, if the beautiful Eriboea, the young giants' stepmother, had not told Hermes what they had done," Dione related (Iliad 5.385–391). Each shot an arrow in to the eye of Ephialtes. They are strong and aggressive giants, growing by nine fingers every month, nine fathoms tall at age nine and only outshone in beauty by their step-brother, Orion. Under normal circumstances it would take only one to kill a monster like Ephialtes but because when Gaia bore them she made it so nearly all had to be killed by a god and a hero, hence the need for both to shoot Ephialtes. Ephialtes was one of the ice giants imprisoned in the circle of Treachery. Gender https://dantesinferno.fandom.com/wiki/Ephialtes?oldid=18403. The Aloadae were bringers of civilization, founding cities and teaching culture to humanity. For the Spanish municipality, see, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. They were venerated specifically in Naxos and Boeotian Ascra,[13] two cities they founded. The brothers wanted to storm Mt. In the end, Ephialtes and Otus are slain by the arrows of Artemis and Apollo. N/A Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης) (sometimes known as Udaeus) was one of the 100 Gigantes created to overthrow the Olympians by storming Olympus. Ephialtes was one of the ice giants imprisoned in the circle of Treachery. Ephialtes was slain by the combined efforts of Herakles and Apollo. Each shot an arrow in to the eye of Ephialtes. Ice Giant Ossa on Mt. They were strong and aggressive giants, growing by nine fingers every month nine fathomstall at age of nine, and o…

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