Alōīdae
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The Alōīdae are spirits of the fertile earth and agriculture in Greek myth, linked etymologically to the word for threshing‑floor. They were conceived as combatants against the Olympian gods and later regarded as the first worshippers of the Muses on Mount Helicon.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Concept appears in later classical sources such as Pausanias and Diodorus.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Olympian gods
- allied with
- Muses
- co occurs with
- Apollo, Artemis (Diana), Ares, Hermes, Hera, Poseidon, Ephialtes, Iphimedeia, Otus, Aloeus
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“The Alōīdae (here connected with ἀλωή, threshing-floor) represent the spirits of the fertile earth and agriculture, conceived of by the Greeks as engaged in combat with the Olympian gods.”
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