Ἀλωεύς
Aloeus
Translated by Jennifer Benedict26 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A proper name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλωεύς· ὄνομα κύριον.
Betacode
*)alweu/s: o)/noma ku/rion.
Notes
- In mythology Aloeus was a son of Poseidon; and Ephialtes and Otus were the "Aloads" because their mother Iphimedeia, actually impregnated by Poseidon, was wife to Aloeus (Apollodorus, Library 1.7.4; cf. Homer, Odyssey 11.305ff).