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Definition of Ephialtes

Ephialtes
Ephialtes Eph`i*al"tes, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, lit., one who leaps upon.] The nightmare. --Brande & C.

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- Ephialtes (Ancient Gr****: Ἐφιάλτης, Ephialtēs) was an ancient Athenian politician and an early leader of the democratic movement there. In the late 460s...
- Ephialtes (/ˌɛfiˈæltiːz/; Gr****: Ἐφιάλτης Ephialtēs) was a Gr**** renegade during the Greco-Persian Wars. Born to Eurydemus (Εὐρύδημος) of Malis, he betra****...
- 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...
- Look up Ephialtes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ephialtes was a fifth century BC Athenian statesman. Ephialtes may also refer to: Ephialtes, in Gr****...
- coronillae Esp.[ now Z. ephialtes ssp. coronillae [Denis & Schiffermüller] ], (6a) with 6 spots, and trigonellae Esp. [ now Z. ephialtes ssp. coronillae [Denis...
- 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...
- Thessaly was ascribed to them. Ephialtes (lit. "he who jumps upon") is also the Gr**** word for "nightmare", and Ephialtes was sometimes considered the daimon...
- ten years by Ephialtes and his supporters. Ephialtes was ********inated in 461 BC, possibly by the aristocrats. In the aftermath of Ephialtes' death, power...
- Ephialtes and Pericles finally get agreement to the ostracism of Kimon, who had become unpo****r for his unsuccessful pro-Spartan policy. Ephialtes,...
- solidifying the Areopagus's role in Athenian democracy. In 462/461 BC, Ephialtes may have put through reforms which deprived the Areopagus Council of almost...