Elatus Explained

See also: 31824 Elatus. There were several figures named Elatus or Élatos (Ancient Greek: Ἔλατος means "ductile") in Greek mythology.

• Elatus, a son of Arcas by either Leaneira^[1] (or Laodameia), Meganeira, Chrysopeleia^[2] or Erato^[3] 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.^[4] An image of him was carved on a stele in the marketplace of Elatea.^[5] He married Laodice (daughter of Cinyras) and became by her, the father of Stymphalus, Pereus, Aepytus, Ischys, and Cyllen.^[6]
• Elatus, a Lapith chieftain of Larissa, Thessaly. He was the father, by Hippeia, of Caeneus,^[7] Polyphemus,^[8] the seer Ampycus,^[9] Ischys who was beloved by Coronis,^[10] and a daughter Dotia, possibly the eponym of Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly^[11] (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.^[12]
  • The minor planet 31824 Elatus is named after this figure.
• Elatus or Elaton, a charioteer of Amphiaraus,^[13] otherwise known as Baton.
• Elatus, father of Euanippe, who was the mother of Polydorus by Hippomedon.^[14]
• Elatus, a son of Icarius and father of Taenarus by Erymede, daughter of Damasiclus.^[15] In one account, Taenarus was instead called the child of Icarius with no mention of the birth mother.^[16]
• Elatus, an ally of the Trojans from Pedasus, killed by Agamemnon.^[17]
• Elatus, one of the suitors of Penelope from Same along with other 22 wooers.^[18] He was slain by Emaeus during the assault of Odysseus.^[19]

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.

Notes and References

1. Fowler, p. 107; Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 1646
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. Pausanias, 8.4.4
5. Pausanias, 10.34.6
6. Apollodorus, 3.9.1; Pausanias, 8.4.4
7. [Ovid]
8. [Apollonius Rhodius]
9. Hyginus, Fabulae 128
10. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.31 (55); Apollodorus, 3.10.3
11. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
12. Apollodorus, 2.5.4
13. Apollodorus, 3.6.8
14. Hyginus, Fabulae 71
15. Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.102
16. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
17. [Homer]
18. Homer, Odyssey 22.268; Apollodorus, E.7.28
19. Apollodorus, E.7.33