Elatus
Family: Arcadians · Role: father of Ischys · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 26
By Book 2, Elatus is named as the father of Ischys. Book 8 names him as a son of Arcas, alongside Azan and Aphidas, and says that Arcas divided Arcadia among his three legitimate sons when they grew up. The same chapter names Elatus’s five sons: Æpytus, Pereus, Cyllen, Ischys and Stymphelus; it also says he had an earlier bastard son, Autolaus.
In Book 8, Cyllen, son of Elatus, is said to have given his name to the mountain and god Cyllene and Hermes. Book 10 names Antiphanes of Sicyon in connection with Elatus and records Elatus as a son of Areas, who defended the god.
Relationship record
Life events
- Arcas divided the country among his three legitimate sons.(Book 8 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Arcadia)
- Cyllene and Hermes received their titles from Cyllen, son of Elatus.(Book 8 · Chapter 17 · 📍 Cyllene)
Book 2 · Chapter 26
- child: Ischys “Ischys the son of Elatus”
Book 8 · Chapter 4
- parent: Arcas “and they say Arcas had by her Azan and Aphidas and Elatus”
- siblings with Autolaus “and they say Arcas had by her Azan and Aphidas and Elatus: he had had a bastard son Autolaus still earlier.”
- child: Æpytus (son of Elatus) “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
- child: Pereus “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
- child: Cyllen “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
- child: Ischys “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
- child: Stymphelus “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
Book 8 · Chapter 16
- child: Æpytus (son of Elatus) (Elatus is the father of Æpytus.) “Æpytus the son of Elatus died of the bite of a serpent”
Book 8 · Chapter 17
- child: Cyllen “Cyllen the son of Elatus.”
Book 8 · Chapter 48
- parent: Arcas “Elatus one of the sons of Arcas”
Book 10 · Chapter 9
- parent: Arcas “the sons of Arcas, Elatus and Aphidas and Azan”
- with Antiphanes of Sicyon (interaction) “Elatus and Aphidas and Erasus were by the Argive Antiphanes”
- siblings with Aphidas “the sons of Arcas, Elatus and Aphidas and Azan”
- siblings with Azan “the sons of Arcas, Elatus and Aphidas and Azan”
Book 10 · Chapter 34
- parent: Areas (Areas is the father of Elatus.) “Elatus (they say) the son of Areas defended the god”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.