Tityus

• a river of Illyria, Plin. 3, 21, 25, § 139; Flor. 2, 5.

(Τιτυός), a son of Gaea, or of Zeus and Elara, the daughter of Orchomenus, was a giant in Euboea, and the father of Europa. (Hom. Od. 7.324; Apollod. 1.4.1; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.181, 761; Pind. P. 4.81.) Instigated by Hera (Hygin. Fab. 55), he made an assault upon Leto or Artemis, when she passed through Panopaeus to Pytho, but was killed by the arrows of Artemis or Apollo, or, according to others, Zeus killed him with a flash of lightning. (Hygin. l.c. ; Schol. ad Apollon. 1.181; Paus. 3.18.9 ; Pind. P. 4.160; Hor. Carm. 4.6.2.) He was then cast into Tartarus, and there he lay outstretched on the ground, covering nine acres, and two vultures or snakes devoured his liver. (Hygin. l.c. ; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 1.97 ; Hom. Od. 11.576, &c.) His gigantic tomb was shown in aftertimes near Panopeus (Paus. 10.4.4), and his fall by the arrows of Artemis and Apollo was represented on the throne of Apollo at Amyclae. (Paus. 3.18.9, 10.11.1, 29.2 ; comp. Strab. ix. p.422; Verg. A. 6.595; Ov. Met. 4.457, Epist. ex Pont. 1.2. 41.) [L.S]

(Τιτυός). Son of Gaea, or of Zeus and Elara, the daughter of Orchomenus. He was a giant in Euboea. Instigated by Heré, he attempted to offer violence to Artemis when she passed through Panopaeus to Pytho, but he was killed by the arrows either of Artemis or Apollo; according to others, Zeus destroyed him with a flash of lightning. He was then cast into Tartarus, and there he lay outstretched on the ground, covering nine acres, while two vultures (others say snakes) devoured his liver. See Gigantes.

• Apollod. 1.4.1
• offers violence to Latona: Apollod. 1.4.1
• slain by Apollo and Artemis: Apollod. 1.4.1, Paus. 3.18.15, Paus. 10.11.1
• tortured by vultures in Hades: Apollod. 1.4.1
• Homer's reference to him: Paus. 10.4.2, 5
• his tomb: Paus. 10.4.5
• his statue: Paus. 10.11.1
• represented on throne of Apollo at Amyclae: Paus. 3.18.15
• painted by Polygnotus at Delphi: Paus. 10.29.3