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In Greek mythology, the Aloadae (/ ˌ æ l oʊ ˈ eɪ d iː /) or Aloads (Ancient Greek: Ἀλωάδαι Aloadai) were Otus or Otos (Ὦτος means "insatiate") and Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης "nightmare"), [1] Thessalian sons of Princess Iphimedia, wife of Aloeus, by Poseidon, [2] whom she induced to make her pregnant by going to the seashore and disporting herself in the surf or scooping ...
In Greek mythology, Epiales (Ancient Greek: Ἠπιάλης, romanized: Epiálēs) was the spirit and personification of nightmares. Alternate spellings of the name were Epialos (Ἠπίαλος), Epioles (Ἠπιόλης), Epialtes (Ἐπιάλτης) or Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης).
Ephialtes (/ ˌ ɛ f i ˈ æ l t iː z /; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης Ephialtēs) [a] was a Greek renegade during the Greco-Persian Wars.Born to Eurydemus (Εὐρύδημος) of Malis, [1] he betrayed his homeland and people to the Achaemenid Empire by revealing the existence of a path around the Greek coalition's position at Thermopylae. [2]
The scene depicted on the amphora: Poseidon with trident in his right hand and the island on his left shoulder, moving from left to right, fighting a Giant (mostly unnamed but usually presumed to be Polybotes, although one fifth-century BC example names the Giant Ephialtes) is a frequent occurrence in sixth and fifth-century BC Greek vase ...
This is a list of famous pairs in mythology: Lovers. Abhimanyu and Uttara ... (Greek - Roman) Vishnu and Lakshmi ... Otos and Ephialtes ; Pelias and Neleus
Ephialtes was a fifth century BC Athenian statesman. Ephialtes may also refer to: Ephialtes, in Greek mythology, one of the twin Aloadae, possibly the same as the Giant (below) Ephialtes, in Greek mythology, one of the Giants, possibly the same as the Aload (above) Ephialtes (illness), name given in the 18th century to an anxiety disorder
Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης): probably different from the Aload Giant who was also named Ephialtes): [191] According to Apollodorus he was blinded by arrows from Apollo and Heracles. [192] He is named on three Attic black-figure pots (Akropolis 2134, Getty 81.AE.211, Louvre E732) dating from the second quarter of the sixth century BC. [ 193 ]
Ephialtes (Ancient Greek: Ἐφιάλτης, Ephialtēs) was an ancient Athenian politician and an early leader of the democratic movement there. In the late 460s BC, he oversaw reforms that diminished the power of the Areopagus, a traditional bastion of conservatism, and which are considered by many modern historians to mark the beginning of the radical democracy for which Athens would become ...