Ephialtes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ĕphĭāltes (Ĕphĭālta, ae, Sid. praef. Carm. 7, 25), ae, m., = Ἐφιάλτης.

I The son of Aloeus and brother of Otus , one of the stormers of heaven , killed by Apollo , Hyg. Fab. 28; Claud. B. Get. 75; Verg. Cul. 234.—

II The betrayer of the Spartans at Thermopyiae , Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13.

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