There were several figures namedElatus/ˈɛlətəs/ orÉlatos (Ancient Greek: Ἔλατος means "ductile") inGreek mythology.

• Elatus, a son ofArcas by eitherLeaneira^[1] (orLaodameia),Meganeira,Chrysopeleia^[2] orErato^[3] and the brother ofApheidas andAzan. He was allotted by Arcas the region of then-namelessMount Cyllene as his domain, but afterwards migrated to the region which later became known asPhocis, and assisted the local inhabitants in the war against thePhlegyans; he was renowned as founder and eponym of the cityElatea.^[4] An image of him was carved on astele in the marketplace of Elatea.^[5] He marriedLaodice (daughter ofCinyras) and became by her, the father ofStymphalus,Pereus,Aepytus,Ischys, andCyllen.^[6]
• Elatus, aLapith chieftain ofLarissa,Thessaly. He was the father, byHippeia, ofCaeneus,^[7]Polyphemus,^[8] the seerAmpycus,^[9]Ischys who was beloved byCoronis,^[10] and a daughterDotia, possibly theeponym of Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly^[11] (see alsoDotis).
• Elatus, acentaur, killed during a battle withHeracles by apoisoned arrow that passed through his arm and continued to woundChiron in the knee.^[12]
  • The minor planet31824 Elatus is named after this figure.
• Elatus or Elaton, a charioteer ofAmphiaraus,^[13] otherwise known as Baton.
• Elatus, father of Euanippe, who was the mother ofPolydorus byHippomedon.^[14]
• Elatus, a son ofIcarius and father ofTaenarus byErymede, daughter ofDamasiclus.^[15] In one account, Taenarus was instead called the child of Icarius with no mention of the birth mother.^[16]
• Elatus, an ally of theTrojans from Pedasus, killed byAgamemnon.^[17]
• Elatus, one of thesuitors ofPenelope fromSame along with other 22 wooers.^[18] He was slain byEmaeus during the assault ofOdysseus.^[19]

• Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Fowler, Robert L.,Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013.ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1
• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer,The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN 978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN 978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.ISBN 978-0674995611.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Smith, William;Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873)."Elatus" 1.,"Elatus" 2.
• Stephanus of Byzantium,Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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