id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2667 Tityos - Wikipedia .html text/html 1065 161 72 Tityos Wikipedia Greek mythological giant Tityos or Tityus (Ancient Greek: Τιτυός) was a giant from Greek mythology. Mythology[edit] Tityos was the son of Elara; his father was Zeus. Zeus hid Elara from his wife, Hera, by placing her deep beneath the earth.[1] Tityos grew so large that he split his mother's womb, and he was carried to term by Gaia, the Earth. He was slain by Leto's protective children Artemis and Apollo.[2] As punishment, he was stretched out in Tartarus and tortured by two vultures who fed on his liver, which grew back every night. Notes[edit] External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tityos. Tityos engraved by N. Characters in Greek mythology Commons category link is on Wikidata Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Edit links ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2667.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2667.txt