Aloadae
| Aloadae | |
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| Member of the Thessalian Royal Family | |
Titans and Giants, including Ephialtes on the left, in Gustave Doré's illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. | |
| Other names | Aloads includes: Otus (Otos) and Ephialtes |
| Abode | Thessaly |
| Genealogy | |
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| Siblings | Pancratis (Pancrato), Elate, Platanus |
In Greek mythology, the Aloadae (/ˌæloʊˈeɪdiː/) or Aloads (Ancient Greek: Ἀλωάδαι Aloadai) were Otus or Otos (Ὦτος means "insatiate") and Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης, which means "nightmare"), Thessalian sons of Princess Iphimedia, wife of Aloeus, by Poseidon, whom she induced to make her pregnant by going to the seashore and disporting herself in the surf or scooping seawater into her bosom. From Aloeus, sometimes their real father, they received their patronymic, the Aloadae. They had a sister Pancratis (Pancrato) who was renowned for her great beauty.