Aloeus (/əˈloʊjuːs/;
Ancient Greek: Ἀλωεύς probably derived from ἀλοάω aloaō "to thresh, to tread" as well as "to crush, to smash") can indicate one of the two characters in
Greek mythology:
Aloeus or Haloeus, a
Thessalian prince as the son of
Poseidon and princess
Canace, daughter of King
Aeolus and
Enarete. He was the brother of
Hopleus,
Nireus,
Epopeus and
Triops. His first wife was his niece
Iphimedeia, and later
Eriboea, daughter of
Eurymachus. In some accounts, Aloeus was the father of
Salmoneus who founded
Elis, the girls
Elate and
Platanus, and the twin giants, Otus and Ephialtes, collectively known as the
Aloadae.[1][2] These giants made war on the gods and captured the god
Ares in a bag. Aloeus's wife Eriboea reported this to the gods, for which Aloeus had her
flayed alive.[3] In
Virgil's Aeneid, the sons of Aloeus were found in the
underworld and there
Aeneas sees them being punished by
Rhadamanthus.[4] This scene from Virgil was a precursor to
Dante's depiction of
Hell. Aloeus was credited to have founded the city of Alus in
Aetolia.[5]
Aloeus, son of
Helios and possibly
Antiope[6] or
Perse,[7] who received from his father the sovereignty over the district of Asopia (
Sicyon). He was the father of
Epopeus, his successor.[1][8]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Aloeus (/əˈloʊjuːs/;
Ancient Greek: Ἀλωεύς probably derived from ἀλοάω aloaō "to thresh, to tread" as well as "to crush, to smash") can indicate one of the two characters in
Greek mythology:
Aloeus or Haloeus, a
Thessalian prince as the son of
Poseidon and princess
Canace, daughter of King
Aeolus and
Enarete. He was the brother of
Hopleus,
Nireus,
Epopeus and
Triops. His first wife was his niece
Iphimedeia, and later
Eriboea, daughter of
Eurymachus. In some accounts, Aloeus was the father of
Salmoneus who founded
Elis, the girls
Elate and
Platanus, and the twin giants, Otus and Ephialtes, collectively known as the
Aloadae.[1][2] These giants made war on the gods and captured the god
Ares in a bag. Aloeus's wife Eriboea reported this to the gods, for which Aloeus had her
flayed alive.[3] In
Virgil's Aeneid, the sons of Aloeus were found in the
underworld and there
Aeneas sees them being punished by
Rhadamanthus.[4] This scene from Virgil was a precursor to
Dante's depiction of
Hell. Aloeus was credited to have founded the city of Alus in
Aetolia.[5]
Aloeus, son of
Helios and possibly
Antiope[6] or
Perse,[7] who received from his father the sovereignty over the district of Asopia (
Sicyon). He was the father of
Epopeus, his successor.[1][8]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.