Elara (mythology)

Elara ( Greek  Ἐλάρα ) is in Greek mythology a nymph , daughter of King Orchomenus , and with Zeus the mother of Tityos .

Zeus hid Elara after he had impregnated her from his jealous wife Hera deep in the earth, which is why Tityos is also called the son of Gaia . The mother died giving birth to the huge child.

On Euboea there is said to have been a cave named after her Elarion and a heroon of Tityos.

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• Hesiod Eoien Frag. 24
• Apollonios of Rhodes Argonautika 1,758
• Strabo 9,3,14
• Libraries of Apollodorus 1.22

literature

• August Schultz : Elara . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1231 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Tümpel : Elara. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1893ff., Col. 2234 f.