Elatus
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There were eight figures named Elatus or Élatos (Ἔλατος) in Greek mythology.
- Elatus, a Lapith chieftain, was the father, by HippeiaHippeia-Athena Hippeia :Athena Hippeia is Athena as a goddess of horses. In this form, she was said to be the daughter of Poseidon and Polyphe, daughter of Oceanus. She was given her name because she was the first to use a chariot....
, of:- IschysIschysIn Greek mythology, Ischys was the son of Elatus and Hippea, and also the lover of Coronis. While Coronis was carrying Apollo's child, a crow told Apollo of the affair between Ischys and Coronis...
who was beloved by Coronis. He may have been the son of a different Elatus. - CaeneusCaeneusIn Greek mythology, Caeneus was a Lapith hero of Thessaly and, in Ovid's Metamorphoses— where the classical model of a hero is deconstructed and transformed— originally a woman, Caenis, daughter of Atrax...
- Polyphemus (Argonaut)Polyphemus (Argonaut)In Greek mythology, Polyphemus was the son of Elatus and Hippea. According to one source, he was married to Laonome, sister of Heracles. As a Lapith, he was remembered for having fought against the Centaurs in the days of his youth. Years later, he joined the expedition of the Argonauts...
- Dotia (see Dotis)
- Ischys
- Elatus, a CentaurCentaurIn Greek mythology, a centaur or hippocentaur is a member of a composite race of creatures, part human and part horse...
, killed during a battle with Hercules by a poisoned arrow that passed through his arm and continued to wound Chiron in the knee- The asteroid 31824 Elatus31824 Elatus31824 Elatus , provisionally known as 1999 UG5, is a centaur discovered on October 29, 1999, by the Catalina Sky Survey.- External links :*...
is named after this figure
- The asteroid 31824 Elatus
- Elatus, one of the suitors of PenelopeSuitors of PenelopeThe suitors of Penelope, also known as the Proci, are one of the main subjects of Homer's Odyssey. Penelope's husband, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, goes off to fight in the 10-year Trojan war. While most survivors return relatively soon, it takes Odysseus another ten years to return home, and in this...
, killed by Eumaeus, the swineherd - Elatus, a son of ArcasArcasIn Greek mythology, Arcas was the son of Zeus and Callisto. Callisto was a nymph in the retinue of the goddess Artemis. Zeus, being a flirtatious god, wanted Callisto for a lover. As she would not be with anyone but Artemis, Zeus cunningly disguised himself as Artemis and seduced Callisto...
- Elatus, an ally of the Trojans from Pedasus, killed by AgamemnonAgamemnonIn Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Electra and Orestes. Mythical legends make him the king of Mycenae or Argos, thought to be different names for the same area...
- Elatus, father of Euanippe, who was the mother of Polydorus by HippomedonHippomedonIn Greek mythology, Hippomedon was one of the Seven Against Thebes and father of Polydorus.His father was either Talaus, the father of Adrastus, or Aristomachus , or Mnesimachus. If he is the son of Mnesimachus, then his mother is Metidice, daughter of Talaus, which makes him Adrastus's sister's...
- Elatus, father of TaenarusTaenarus (mythology)In Greek mythology, Taenarus was the eponym of Cape Taenarum, Mount Taenarum and the city Taenarus at Peloponnese. In different accounts, he is given as:*A son of Zeus and brother of Calabrus and Geraestus...
- Elatus the seer, father of Ampycus