Ephialtes — an ancient Italian divinity, who was worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks…
Ancient Greek word, found 31 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 5.385: τλῆ μὲν Ἄρης ὅτε μιν Ὦτος κρατερός τʼ Ἐφιάλτης
Homer, Odyssey 11.308: Ὦτόν τʼ ἀντίθεον τηλεκλειτόν τʼ Ἐφιάλτην,
Plutarch, Pericles 7.6: ὧν ἕνα φασὶ γενέσθαι τὸν Ἐφιάλτην, ὃς κατέλυσε τὸ κράτος τῆς ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλῆς, πολλήν, κατὰ τὸν Πλάτωνα, καὶ ἄκρατον τοῖς πολίταις ἐλευθε …
All forms of Ἐφιάλτης