Elara (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Elara, Elare or Alera was the daughter of King Orchomenus and mother of the giant Tityos by Zeus. In some accounts, she was described as the daughter of Minyas instead.
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Tityos or Tityus is a giant from Greek mythology. The son of Zeus and the mortal Elara, Tityos tried to rape the goddess Leto, a former lover of Zeus and the mother of the twin gods Artemis and Apollo
Elara (mythology)
…In Greek mythology, Elara , Elare or Alera (Ancient Greek: Ἐλάρα, Ἐλάραη or Ἀλέρα) was the daughter of King Orchomenus and mother of the giant Tityos by Zeus. In some accounts, she was described as the daughter of Minyas instead. Zeus fell in love with Elara and hid her from his wife Hera's jealous…
Tityos attempts to rape Leto and is stopped by Apollo and Artemis on an Attic red-figure amphora from Vulci, c. 510–520 BCE, by the Phintias Painter. Louvre, Paris.
Michelangelo, The Punishment of Tityus, c. 1532