• Ephialtes (Greek: Ἐφιάλτης, Ephialtēs) was an ancient Athenian politician and an early leader of the democratic movement there. In the late 460s BC, he...
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  • Ephialtes (/ˌɛfiˈæltiːz/; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης Ephialtēs) was a Greek renegade during the Greco-Persian Wars. Born to Eurydemus (Εὐρύδημος) of Malis, he betrayed...
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  • Look up Ephialtes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ephialtes was a fifth century BC Athenian statesman. Ephialtes may also refer to: Ephialtes, in Greek...
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    Aloadae (redirect from Ephialtes (giant))
    Thessaly was ascribed to them. Ephialtes (lit. "he who jumps upon") is also the Greek word for "nightmare", and Ephialtes was sometimes considered the daimon...
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    Ephialtes is an anxiety disorder identified as such by John Bond in 1753, along with other authors of those times, in his treatise "An Essay on the Incubus...
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  • in which he portrayed Ephialtes of Trachis. Filming took place from October 2005 to January 2006 in Montreal. To portray Ephialtes, Tiernan dressed in full...
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    the genus Ephialtes: Ephialtes arisanus Sonan, 1936 c g Ephialtes brevis Morley, 1914 c Ephialtes brischkei Dalla Torre, 1901 c g Ephialtes decumbens...
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    Council, given that he himself was likely a council member. In 462/461 BC, Ephialtes may have put through reforms which deprived the Areopagus Council of almost...
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  • Ephialtes and Pericles finally get agreement to the ostracism of Kimon, who had become unpopular for his unsuccessful pro-Spartan policy. Ephialtes,...
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    coronillae Esp.[ now Z. ephialtes ssp. coronillae [Denis & Schiffermüller] ], (6a) with 6 spots, and trigonellae Esp. [ now Z. ephialtes ssp. coronillae [Denis...
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    Otus and Ephialtes, who piled Pelion on top of Ossa in order to scale the heavens and attack the Olympians (though in the case of Ephialtes there was...
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    Ephialtes accelerated this process by prosecuting certain members for maladministration. Having thus weakened the prestige of the council, Ephialtes proposed...
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  • name were Epialos (Ἠπίαλος), Epioles (Ἠπιόλης), Epialtes (Ἐπιάλτης) or Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης). Epiales was probably numbered amongst the Oneiroi (Dream-Spirits)...
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  • 300 men were killed after Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks to Xerxes. Themistocles returns to Athens and confronts Ephialtes, who reveals that Xerxes plans...
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  • Outrage over the dismissal swings Athenian opinion towards Ephialtes' views. Ephialtes passes a law in the Athenian ecclesia, which reforms the Areopagus...
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  • Erysichthon and Phorbas. Iphimedea had by Poseidon the twins Otus and Ephialtes who were called the Aloadae after their stepfather. One account called...
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  • moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Tabernillaia ephialtes, which is found in Panama. The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings...
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    Babel; he shouts out the unintelligible Raphèl mai amècche zabì almi); Ephialtes (who with his brother Otus tried to storm Olympus during the Gigantomachy;...
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    a Trachinian named Ephialtes informed him of the mountain path around Thermopylae and offered to guide the Persian army. Ephialtes was motivated by the...
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  • Meanwhile, Leonidas encounters Ephialtes, a deformed Spartan whose parents fled Sparta to spare him certain infanticide. Ephialtes asks to join Leonidas' army...
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  • Outrage over the dismissal swings Athenian opinion towards Ephialtes' views. Ephialtes passes a law in the Athenian ecclesia, which reforms the Areopagus...
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  • tactic usually called "defeat in detail"). Before the battle starts, Ephialtes, a deformed Spartan, begs Leonidas to let him fight but is rejected due...
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    mentor of Pericles, Ephialtes, proposed a reduction of the Areopagus' powers. The Ecclesia (the Athenian Assembly) adopted Ephialtes' proposal without opposition...
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    During the time of the ascendancy of Ephialtes as leader of the democratic faction, Pericles was his deputy. When Ephialtes was assassinated by personal enemies...
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  • day from among the 50 members again chosen by lot. After the reforms of Ephialtes and Pericles in the mid-5th century BC, the boule took on many of the...
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  • Areopagite constitution, the Athenian constitution before the reforms of Ephialtes in 462 BC This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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    invasion). Xerxes, however, receives word from the treacherous and avaricious Ephialtes, who has been also spurned by Spartan maiden Ellas (who accompanied her...
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    saved by Artemis. The twin sons of Poseidon and Iphimedeia, Otos and Ephialtes, grew enormously at a young age. They were aggressive and skilled hunters...
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    adult population. Solon (in 594 BC), Cleisthenes (in 508–07 BC), and Ephialtes (in 462 BC) contributed to the development of Athenian democracy. Cleisthenes...
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    battle. On the seventh day (August 11), a Malian Greek traitor named Ephialtes led the Persian general Hydarnes by a mountain track to the rear of the...
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