Elatus
There were eight figures named Elatus /ˈɛlətəs/ or Élatos (Ἔλατος) in Greek mythology.
- Elatus, a Lapith chieftain of Larissa, Thessaly. He was the father, by Hippeia, of Caeneus,[1] Polyphemus,[2][3] Ischys who was beloved by Coronis,[4][5] and a daughter Dotia, possibly the eponym of Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly[6] (see also Dotis).
- Elatus, a Centaur, killed during a battle with Heracles by a poisoned arrow that passed through his arm and continued to wound Chiron in the knee.[7]
- The asteroid 31824 Elatus is named after this figure.
- Elatus, one of the suitors of Penelope, killed by Eumaeus.[8]
- Elatus, a son of Arcas, brother of Apheidas and Azan. He was allotted by Arcas the region of then-nameless Mount Cyllene as his domain, but afterwards migrated to the region which later became known as Phocis, and assisted the local inhabitants in the war against the Phlegyans; he was renowned as founder and eponym of the city Elatea.[9] An image of him was carved on a stele in the marketplace of Elatea.[10] He married Laodice (daughter of Cinyras) and became by her father of Stymphalus, Pereus, Aepytus, Ischys, and Cyllen.[11]
- Elatus or Elaton, a charioteer of Amphiaraus,[13] otherwise known as Baton.
- Elatus, father of Euanippe, who was the mother of Polydorus by Hippomedon.[14]
References
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 497
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 40
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 10. 3
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 3. 31 (55)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Dotion
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 5. 4
- ^ Homer, Odyssey, 22. 268
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 4. 4.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 34. 6
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 9. 1; Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 4. 4.
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 6. 33
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 6. 8
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 71
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 120
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 128
