Otus

Family: Greek mythology · Role: warrior · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 26

At Cyllene, Otus was a companion of Phyleides and a leader of the Epeans; Polydamas killed him. Later, at Anthedon, he and his brother Ephialtes, sons of Iphimedea and Aloeus, were killed by Apollo.

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

Relationship record

Polydamas killed Otus, companion of Phyleides and leader of the Epeans.(Book 6 · Chapter 26 · 📍 Cyllene)
- With: Polydamas Phyleides
- “And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.”
Apollo killed Otus and Ephialtes.(Book 9 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Anthedon)
- With: Ephialtes 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: Ephialtes
- “They say that Ephialtes and Otus first sacrificed to the Muses on Helicon, and called the mountain sacred to the Muses, and built Ascra”

with Polydamas (Polydamas killed Otus.) “And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.”
with Phyleides (Otus was the companion of Phyleides.) “And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.”
with Homer (Homer's Iliad mentions Otus.) “Homer has not mentioned Cyllene in his Catalogue of the people of Elis, but subsequently in the Iliad shews that he knew that there was such a town as Cyllene. ‘And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.’”
friends with Phyleides (Otus is described as the companion of Phyleides.) “And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.”

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 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.”
with Homer (Homer represented the slaying of 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.”
with Pindar (Pindar represented the slaying of 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.”
siblings with 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 Ephialtes (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,”

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