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Ephialtes
(redirected from Ephialtes of Athens)

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Ephialtes (ĕf'ēăl`tēz): see Aloadae Otus and

Ephialtes, and they were sons of Aloeus' wife by Poseidon. They tried to reach heaven to overthrow the gods by piling Mt. Ossa on Mt. Olympus and Mt. Pelion on Mt. Ossa.
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Ephialtes
giant deprived of his left eye by Apollo and of his right eye by Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 333]
See : Blindness

Ephialtes
Greek betrayer of Spartans at Thermopylae. [Gk. Hist.: Kravitz, 89]
See : Treachery


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