Tityos

Greek mythological giant
Person mythological_greek_character Q656887
Tityos
Jusepe de Ribera · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Tityos

Summary

Tityos is a mythological Greek character[1]. He draws 179 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #141 of 1,333).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tityos is buried at Tomb of Tityus near Panopeos[3].
  • Tityos's father was Zeus[4].
  • Tityos's mother was Elara[5].
  • Tityos's mother was Elate[6].
  • Tityos's mother was Gaia[7].
  • A child of Tityos was Europa[8].
  • Tityos's image is recorded as Ribera-ticio.jpg[9].
  • Tityos is recorded as male[10].
  • Tityos's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character[11].
  • Tityos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 77401349[12].
  • Tityos's GND ID is recorded as 12971268X[13].
  • Tityos's Commons category is recorded as Tityos[14].
  • Tityos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fjnp_[15].
  • Tityos's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • Tityos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Tityos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Tityos's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[19].
  • Tityos's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 2482[20].
  • Tityos's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00623878[21].
  • Tityos's different from is recorded as Tityus[22].
  • Tityos's Hederich encyclopedia article is recorded as Tityvs[23].
  • Tityos's Theoi Project ID is recorded as Gigante/GiganteTityos[24].
  • Tityos's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Tityos[25].
  • Tityos's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-68982[26].
  • Tityos's ToposText person ID is recorded as 992[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Tityos's father was Zeus[4]. Mothers listed include Elara[5], a mythological Greek character[28]; Elate[6], a giant[29]; and Gaia[7], a Greek primordial deity[30].

Personal Life

A child of Tityos was Europa[8].

Death and Burial

Burial took place at Tomb of Tityus near Panopeos[3].

Why It Matters

Tityos draws 179 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #141 of 1,333).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

Who were Tityos's parents?

Tityos's father was Zeus[4]. Tityos's mother was Elara[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Argonautica. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Odyssey. wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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