Ephialtes’s Family Tree

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Family

• Iphimedeia(parent),Poseidon(parent),Otus(sibling)— Consort

  Iphimedeia bore Poseidon the giant twins Otus and Ephialtes, the Aloadae, who grew to enormous size and attempted to storm Olympus by piling mountains upon each other.

Enemy of

• Ares,Otus

  The giant twins Otus and Ephialtes overpowered Ares and imprisoned him in a bronze jar for thirteen months, where he would have perished had Hermes not freed him at Eriboea's warning.

• Olympians,Otus

  The twin giants Otus and Ephialtes threatened to pile Mount Ossa upon Olympus and Pelion upon Ossa to storm the Olympians, and imprisoned Ares in a bronze jar for thirteen months before Hermes freed him.

Slain by

• Artemis

  Artemis tricked the giant brothers Otus and Ephialtes into killing each other by running between them in the form of a deer, causing each to hurl his spear at the other.