Algea (mythology)

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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.

Algos
Personification of Pain
Member of the Family of Eris
Personal information
ParentsEris[1]
Siblings

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

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 227
  2. ^ Beekes, s.v. ἄλγεα, p. 62.
  3. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 227.
  4. ^ Grimal, Pierre; A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop (1996). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-631-20102-5.
  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.
  6. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 226–232.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

References edit

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Algos". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 131.