Elatus

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::summary Figures in Greek mythology ::

There were several figures named Elatus or Élatos (Ancient Greek: Ἔλατος means "ductile") in Greek mythology.

• Elatus, a son of Arcas by either Leaneira (or Laodameia), Meganeira, Chrysopeleia or Erato and the 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. An image of him was carved on a stele in the marketplace of Elatea. He married Laodice (daughter of Cinyras) and became by her, the father of Stymphalus, Pereus, Aepytus, Ischys, and Cyllen.
• Elatus, a Lapith chieftain of Larissa, Thessaly. He was the father, by Hippeia, of Caeneus, Polyphemus, the seer Ampycus, Ischys who was beloved by Coronis, and a daughter Dotia, possibly the eponym of Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly (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.
  • The minor planet 31824 Elatus is named after this figure.
• Elatus or Elaton, a charioteer of Amphiaraus, otherwise known as Baton.
• Elatus, father of Euanippe, who was the mother of Polydorus by Hippomedon.
• Elatus, a son of Icarius and father of Taenarus by Erymede, daughter of Damasiclus. In one account, Taenarus was instead called the child of Icarius with no mention of the birth mother.
• Elatus, an ally of the Trojans from Pedasus, killed by Agamemnon.
• Elatus, one of the suitors of Penelope from Same along with other 22 wooers. He was slain by Emaeus during the assault of Odysseus.

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References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Elatus" 1., "Elatus" 2.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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References

1. Fowler, p. 107; [[Scholia]] ad [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play). Orestes]]'' 1646
2. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], 3.9.1
3. [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], 5.1.4; 8.4.1–2; 8.9.9 & 10.9.5
4. Pausanias, 8.4.4
5. Pausanias, 10.34.6
6. Apollodorus, 3.9.1; Pausanias, 8.4.4
7. [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 12.497
8. Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]
9. Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#128 128]
10. Scholia ad [[Pindar]], ''Pythian Ode'' 3.31 (55); Apollodorus, 3.10.3
11. [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Dotion'' citing [[Pherecydes of Athens. Pherecydes]]
12. Apollodorus, 2.5.4
13. Apollodorus, 3.6.8
14. Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71]
15. Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.102
16. [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#T598.6 Tainaros]''
17. [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 6.33
18. Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 22.268; Apollodorus, E.7.28
19. Apollodorus, E.7.33

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