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DeutschAlgea (mythology)
| Algos | |
|---|---|
Personification of Pain | |
| Member of the Family of Eris | |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Eris[1] |
| Siblings | |
In Greek mythology, Algea (Ancient Greek: Ἄλγεα, lit. 'pain, grief')[2] is used by Hesiod in the plural as the personification of pain, both physical and mental. They were the bringers of weeping and tears.
Family[edit]
In Hesiod's Theogony, the Algea are represented as the children of Eris, the goddess of strife.[3] They were siblings to Lethe, Limos, Horkos, Ponos and many other daemons.[4]
- "And hateful Eris bore painful Ponos ("Hardship"),
- Lethe ("Forgetfulness") and Limos ("Starvation") and the tearful Algea ("Pains"),
- Hysminai ("Battles"), Makhai ("Wars"), Phonoi ("Murders"), and Androktasiai ("Manslaughters");
- Neikea ("Quarrels"), Pseudea ("Lies"), Logoi ("Stories"), Amphillogiai ("Disputes")
- Dysnomia ("Anarchy") and Ate ("Ruin"), near one another,
- and Horkos ("Oath"), who most afflicts men on earth,
- Then willing swears a false oath."[5][6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 227
- ^ Beekes, s.v. ἄλγεα, p. 62.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 227.
- ^ Grimal, Pierre; A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop (1996). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-631-20102-5.
- ^ Caldwell, p. 42 lines 226-232, with the meanings of the names (in parentheses), as given by Caldwell, p. 40 on lines 212–232.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 226–232.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
References[edit]
- Beekes, Robert S. P., Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2 vols, Leiden, Brill, 2009. ISBN 978-90-04-17418-4.
- Caldwell, Richard, Hesiod's Theogony, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (June 1, 1987). ISBN 978-0-941051-00-2. Internet Archive.
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Algos". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 131.