Ephialtes (giant)

Apollo and Ephialtes (detail of the Pergamon Altar )

Ephialtes Dante Alighieri - Inferno - Plate 65 (Canto XXXI - The Titans)

Ephialtes ( Greek Ἐφιάλτης ) is a giant from Greek mythology . He is mentioned in the list of names in the library of Apollodorus as the son of Gaia and the blood of Uranus , who fell on Gaia when he was emasculated. In the list of names in front of the fabulae of Hyginus , he is the son of Gaia and Tartaros .

According to the library , Ephialtes was killed in the Gigantomachy of Apollo and Heracles . Apollon shot him in the left eye and Heracles killed him with an arrow that he shot in his right eye.

The oldest archaeological finds, on which Ephialtes is named, are Attic black-figure vases , which date from around 575-525 BC. To be dated.

Ephialtes and his brother Otus piled on Mount Olympus the Ossa and on the Ossa the Pelion to climb the sky. And yet there was hardly any milk hair covering her chin when Apollo killed her with his arrows. His arms are tied, but the earth still shakes when he shakes it.

Web links

Wikisource: Divine Comedy (German translation by Carl Streckfuß) - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Libraries of Apollodor 1, 34–38.
^ Hyginus, Fabulae Praefatio 4: Ex Terra et Tartaro Gigantes [...] Ephialtes .
^ Attic black-figure vases . Beazley 10047 and 14590.
^ Karl Streckfuß (translation and explanation): Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy. Halle 1840, p. 171 (Note No. 94). ( Full text in google book search)

[bib-1] Libraries of Apollodor 1, 34–38.

[2] Hyginus, Fabulae Praefatio 4: Ex Terra et Tartaro Gigantes [...] Ephialtes .

[3] Attic black-figure vases . Beazley 10047 and 14590.

[4] Karl Streckfuß (translation and explanation): Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy. Halle 1840, p. 171 (Note No. 94). ( Full text in google book search)