Ephialtes

Role: son of Iphimedea and Aloeus · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 22

Ephialtes was the son of Iphimedea and Aloeus, and the sibling of Otus. At Anthedon, Apollo killed him and Otus; their tombs were there.

Later, at Helicon, Ephialtes and Otus sacrificed to the Muses, dedicated the mountain to them, and built Ascra.

Relationship record

Life events

• Apollo killed Otus and Ephialtes.(Book 9 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Anthedon)
  • With: Otus Apollo
  • “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo”
• Ephialtes and Otus sacrificed to the Muses, dedicated Helicon, and built Ascra.(Book 9 · Chapter 29 · 📍 Helicon)
  • With: Otus
  • “They say that Ephialtes and Otus first sacrificed to the Muses on Helicon, and called the mountain sacred to the Muses, and built Ascra”

Book 9 · Chapter 22

• parent: Iphimedea “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo as both Homer and Pindar have represented.”
• parent: Aloeus “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo as both Homer and Pindar have represented.”
• with Apollo (Apollo slew Ephialtes.) “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo as both Homer and Pindar have represented.”
• with Homer (Homer represented the slaying of Ephialtes.) “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo as both Homer and Pindar have represented.”
• with Pindar (Pindar represented the slaying of Ephialtes.) “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo as both Homer and Pindar have represented.”
• siblings with Otus “Here too are the tombs of Otus and Ephialtes the sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, who were slain by Apollo as both Homer and Pindar have represented.”

Book 9 · Chapter 29

• with Otus (They jointly sacrificed and built Ascra.) “They say that Ephialtes and Otus first sacrificed to the Muses on Helicon, and called the mountain sacred to the Muses, and built Ascra,”
• parent: Aloeus (Ephialtes and Otus are identified as the sons of Aloeus in the surrounding passage.) “They say that Ephialtes and Otus first sacrificed to the Muses on Helicon, and called the mountain sacred to the Muses, and built Ascra, of which Hegesinous speaks as follows in his poem about Attica. “By Ascra lay the earth-shaking Poseidon, and she as time rolled on bare him a son Œoclus, who first built Ascra with the sons of Aloeus,”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.