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| | Greek Mythology: ALOADAI Giants of Boeotia & Thessaly ( also Otos Otus Ephialtes ) w/ Pictures |
 | | The sons of Aloeus held that the Mousai were three in number, and gave them the names Melete (Practice), Mneme (Memory), and Aoide (Song)." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 9.29.1 |
 | | "Aloeus dispatched his sons Otos and Ephialtes in search of his wife [Iphimedia] and daughter [Pankratis] [devotees of Dionysos who had been captured by the Thrakian lord Boutes], and they, sailing to Strongyle [the island Naxos], defeated the Thrakians in battle and reduced the city. |
 | | Some time afterwards Pankratis died, and Otos and Ephialtes essayed to take the island for their dwelling and to rule over the Thrakians, and they changed the name of the island to Dia. |
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