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Ελατος

ΕΛΑΤΕΙΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑ
Γιος του Αρκάδα και της Ερατούς. Πήρε το ένα από τα τρία μέρη της Αρκαδίας στα οποία μοίρασε τη χώρα ο Αρκάς, το βουνό που αργότερα ονομάστηκε Κυλλήνη. Αργότερα μαζί με τους υπηκόους του μετοίκησε στη Φωκίδα για να βοηθήσει τους Φωκείς στον πόλεμο με τους Φλεγύες και ίδρυσε την Ελάτεια (Παυσ. 8.4.3-4).

Elatus: Perseus Encyclopedia
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Elatus, (Elatos). A son of Areas by Leaneira, Metaneira, or by the nymph Chrysopeleia. He was a brother of Azan and Apheidas, and king of Arcadia. By his wife Laodice he had four sons, Stymphalus, Aepytus, Cyllen, and Pereus. (Apollod. iii. 9.1, 10.3; Paus. viii. 4.2.) He is also called the father of Ischys (Pind. Pyth. iii. 31) and of Dotis. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Dotion.) He is said to have resided on mount Cyllene, and to have gone from thence to Phocis, where he protected the Phocians and the Delphic sanctuary against the Phlegyans, and founded the town of Elateia. (Paus. l. c., x. 34.3.) A statue of his stood in the market-place of Elateia, and another at Tegea. (Paus. x. 34.3, viii. 48.6.)

This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
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Artemis Cranaea

Cranaea (Kranaia), a surname of Artemis, derived from a temple on a hill near Elateia in Phocis, in which the office of priest was always held by youths below the age of puberty, and for the space of five years by each youth. (Paus. x. 34.4)

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