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List of Gods : "Ephialtes" - 6 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
"Aloeidae"	Greek	Aloiadae, Aloadae, are patronymic forms from Aloeus, but are used to designate the two sons of his wife Iphimedeia by Poseidon: viz. Otus and Ephialtes.
"Ephialtes"	Greek	A giant who was deprived of his left eye by Apollo, and of his right eye by Hercules. Greek
God name "Ephialtes"	Greek	One of the giants, who in the war against the gods was deprived of his left eye by Apollo, and of the right by Heracles. Greek
"Ephialtes"	Greek	One of the Aloeidae. When Iphimedeia and her daughter, Pancratis, celebrated the orgies of Dionysus on Mount Drius, they were carried off by Thracian pirates to Naxos or Strongyle; but both were delivered by the Aloadae Otus and Ephialtes. Greek
"Iphimedeia"	Greek	A daughter of Triops, and the wife of Aloeus. Being in love with Poseidon, she often walked to the sea, and collected its waters in her lap, whence she became, by Poseidon, the mother of the Aloadae, Otus and Ephialtes.Greek
"Otos"	Greek	A giant, brother of Ephialtes. Both brothers grew nine inches every month. According to Pliny, Otos was forty-six cubits (sixty-six feet) in height. Greek

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