![]() Nymphs of glens, pleasant woods and groves 2*. Despite being giants, the Aloadae, with just two members are one of the smallest Greek mythology groups. The Aloadae are often confused with the Gigantes in the Gigantomachy 97*. After catching and defeating the Thracians on the island of Naxos they stayed and ruled over the Thracians but killed each other in a dispute between them.Pausanias states the Aloadae introduced the cult of the Muses to Mount Helicon in Boeotia which they consecrated to them and founded the town of Ascra. Alternatively Diodorus reports the Aloadae were sent by their father Aloeus to rescue their mother Iphimedeia and daughter Pancratis, who had been carried off by Thracians. Hyginus substitutes Apollo as the stag instead of Artemis. According to Pindar, Artemis appears in the form of a stag, on the island of Naxos, runs between them, they both threw their spears and end up killing each other. This is consistent with Homer’s Odyssey concise version which says Apollo destroys them before their beards began to appear. Apollodorus says they were tied to pillars, by serpents, facing away from each other and perpetually tortured by the shrieks of Styx in the form of an owl in Hades. According to Homer they managed to abduct Ares and imprison him in a bronze jar for a lunar year (13 months) where he would have died but was secretly released by Hera who was tipped off by Eriboea, stepmother of Otus and Ephialtes.Their death is unclear. After piling Mount Ossa and Mount Pelion on top of Mount Olympus they, according to Apollodorus, threatened to change land into sea and sea into land. ![]() The Aloadae planned an audacious attack on Mount Olympus to gain Hera for Ephialtes and Artemis for Otus. They were called the Aloadae after their stepfather. ![]() Every month they grew nine fingers taller and, aged 9, they were 9 fathoms (16.5m or 54ft tall. The Aloadae were strong, handsome and daring giants.
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