Tityos’s Family Tree

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Family

• Elara(parent),Zeus(parent)— Consort

  Zeus lay with the mortal Elara and hid her deep beneath the earth to protect her from Hera's jealousy. There she bore the giant Tityos, so vast that he was said to have been born from Gaia herself.

Slain by

• Apollo,Artemis

  Apollo and Artemis slew the giant Tityos with their arrows when he attempted to assault their mother Leto at Delphi. In death, Tityos was stretched across nine acres in Tartarus, two vultures gnawing his liver for eternity.

Associated with

• Tartarus

  Tityos lies stretched across nine acres in Tartarus while two vultures tear at his liver, punished for his assault on Leto as she traveled through Panopeus to Pytho.

• Underworld

  Tityos suffers eternal punishment in the Underworld, stretched across nine acres while two vultures perpetually devour his liver for his assault on Leto.