Aloeus

American  

[uh-loh-ee-uhs, uh-loh-yoos] / əˈloʊ i əs, əˈloʊ yus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.

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Example Sentences

At all events, whoever their mother was, their father was certainly Poseidon, although they went generally by the name of the Aloadae, the sons of Aloeus, their mother’s husband.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Then after Leda to my vision came the wife of Aloeus, Iphimedeia, proud that she once had held the flowing sea and borne him sons, thunderers for a day, the world-renowned Otos and Ephialtes.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Come now, tell me this by thy prophetic art, whether for me too the gods will bring to pass such doom as thy father promised for the sons of Aloeus.

From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)

Mars would have then perished had not fair Eeriboea, stepmother to the sons of Aloeus, told Mercury, who stole him away when he was already well-nigh worn out by the severity of his bondage.

From The Iliad by Homer

The two sons of Aloeus were Otus and Ephialtes, who threatened to assail the Immortals by piling Pelion on Ossa and Ossa on Olympus.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax