Editing Aloeus

{{Short description|Ancient Greek mythological figures}}
{{See also|Aeolus}}

'''Aloeus''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|l|oʊ|j|uː|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀλωεύς probably derived from ἀλοάω ''aloaō'' "to thresh, to tread" as well as "to crush, to smash") can indicate one of the two characters in [[Greek mythology]]:

*Aloeus or '''Haloeus''', a [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessalian]] prince as the son of [[Poseidon]] and princess [[Canace]], daughter of King [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] and [[Enarete]]. He was the brother of [[Hopleus]], [[Nireus (mythology)|Nireus]], [[Epopeus of Sicyon|Epopeus]] and [[Triopas|Triops]]. His first wife was his niece [[Iphimedeia]],<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#50.6 5.50.6]</ref> and later [[Eriboea (mythology)|Eriboea]], daughter of [[Eurymachus]]. In some accounts, Aloeus was the father of [[Salmoneus]] who founded [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], the girls [[Elate (mythology)|Elate]] and [[Platanus (mythology)|Platanus]], the twin giants, Otus and Ephialtes, collectively known as the [[Aloadae]]<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = Leonhard Schmitz | title = Aloeus (1) and (2) | editor = [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 133 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=148;page=root;view=image}}</ref><ref>[[Servius (grammarian)|Servius]] ad [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/548#6.582 6.582]; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#51.1 5.51.1]</ref> and lastly, the maiden [[Pancratis]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#50.6 5.50.6]; [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#19 19]  from the 2nd book of the ''Naxiaca'' of Andriscus</ref> These giants made war on the gods and captured the god [[Ares]] in a bag. Aloeus's wife Eriboea reported this to the gods, for which Aloeus had her [[Flaying|flayed alive]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 12.543; Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Od.+11.305&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136:book=:chapter=&highlight=Aloeus 11.305]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Aloeus 1.7.3]</ref> In [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'', the sons of Aloeus were found in the [[Greek underworld|underworld]] and there [[Aeneas]] sees them being punished by [[Rhadamanthus]].<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Verg.+A.+6.582&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054:book=:chapter=&highlight=Alo%C3%AFdae 6.582]</ref> This scene from Virgil was a precursor to [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] depiction of [[Inferno (Dante)|Hell]]. Aloeus was credited to have founded the city of Alus in [[Aetolia]].<ref>Scholia ad [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.482</ref>
*Aloeus, son of [[Helios]] and possibly [[Antiope (Greek myth)|Antiope]]<ref>Scholia ad [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'' 13.52; [[Diophantus]] in scholia on Apollonius, 3.242</ref> or [[Perse (mythology)|Perse]],<ref>[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#174 174] [https://archive.org/details/hin-wel-all-00000373-002/page/n55/mode/2up?view=theater (Gk text)]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} who received from his father the sovereignty over the district of Asopia ([[Sicyon]]). He was the father of [[Epopeus]], his successor.<ref name="DGRBM"/><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.1.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aloeus 2.1.1] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.3.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aloeus 2.3.10]</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''[[Aeneid]].'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Scholia]] to [[Lycophron|Lycophron's]] ''Alexandra'', marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). [https://topostext.org/work/860 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]. [[iarchive:lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up|Greek text available on Archive.org]]

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