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词条 Elara (mythology)
释义

  1. Myth

  2. Eponymy

  3. References

In Greek mythology, Elara (/ˈɛlərə/ EL-ər-ə; Ancient Greek: Ελάρα) or Elare, also called Larissa[1], was a mortal princess, the daughter of King Orchomenus and mother of the giant Tityos by Zeus. In some accounts, she was the described as the daughter of Minyas instead.[2][3]

Myth

Zeus fell in love with Elara and hid her from his wife Hera's jealous rage by placing her deep beneath the Earth. This was where she gave birth to Tityos, a giant who is sometimes said to be the son of Gaia, the Earth goddess, for the reason being an earth-born (γηγενής gigenis "native") and brought up under the earth. It is further added that Elara died in labour because of the enormous size of her baby.[4][5]

The cave through which Tityos was believed to have come to the surface of Earth was located on Euboea and referred to as Elarion.[6]

Eponymy

One moon of Jupiter is named Elara.[7]

References

1. ^Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21-23
2. ^Scholiast on Homer, Odyssey 7.324
3. ^Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 7.324, p. 1581
4. ^Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 4. 2.
5. ^Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.761 citing Pherecydes
6. ^Strabo, Geography, 9. 3. 15
7. ^{{cite journal|last=Marsden|first=B. G.|title=Satellites of Jupiter|journal=IAU Circular|volume=2846|date=7 October 1974|url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/02800/02846.html}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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2 : Mortal women of Zeus|Princesses in Greek mythology

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