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Enkelados and Athena on an Attic red-figure plate approx. 525 BC Chr
Depiction of the grandchildren in the garden of the Palace of Versailles

Enkelados ( Gr . Ἐγκέλαδος the raging , from κελαδέω; Latin Enceladus) is the name of a giant from Greek mythology .

ancestry

Enceladus is mentioned in the list of names in the library of Apollodorus as the son of Gaia and the blood of Uranus , which falls on Gaia when he is emasculated. In Virgil and in the list of names of the Dionysiacs of Nonnos , only the mother Gaia is mentioned. In the list of names in the Prefatio of Hyginus he is the son of Ge and Tartaros .

myth

In the Gigantomachy he is described as an opponent of Zeus , Dionysus or Athena . The most common is the constellation with Athena.

According to Pausanias , Athena threw her chariot and horses at him. In the library and with Callimachus she buried him under Mount Etna , after Philostratos she threw all of Sicily on him so that he could no longer rise up against the gods.

In Nonnos Dionysiaka , the grandchildren of Bacchus are thrown back with a hail of bullets made of leaves. Only when Gaia promises him Athena as bed-mate in the event of victory does he continue fighting. Dionysus burns Enkelados' body with a conflagration, but this is only defeated by a thunderbolt from Zeus.

Modern reception

The Saturn moon Enceladus was named after the giant in Latinized form.

See also

  • Grandchildren's fountain in the park of the Palace of Versailles
  • Herkules (Kassel) depicts the fight between Hercules and Encelados. The head of Encelados can be seen in the so-called giant head basin. His body lies under the rocks Hercules threw at him.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Libraries of Apollodor 1, 34-38.
  2. ^ Virgil : Georgica 1, 276.
  3. ↑ a b Nonnos : Dionysiaka 25, 85 ff.
  4. ^ Hyginus : Fabulae Prefatio.
  5. ↑ Frog mouse war 283.
  6. ↑ Euripides : The Cyclops 5-9.
  7. ^ Pausanias : Travels in Greece 8, 47, 1.
  8. ↑ Callimachus : Fragment 1, 36.
  9. ↑ Philostratus : Pictures 2, 17.