Neikea
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| The Neikea | |
|---|---|
Personifications of Quarrel | |
| Member of the Family of Eris | |
| Abode | Underworld (possibly) |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Eris[1] or Aether and Gaea[2] |
| Siblings | by Eris by Aether and Gaea |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman equivalent | Altercatio |
In Greek mythology, the Neikea[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Νείκεα; singular: Νεῖκος Neikos "quarrels") were spirits of arguments, feuds, quarrels and grievances. Their Roman counterpart was Altercatio.
Family[edit]
Hesiod's account[edit]
In Hesiod's Theogony identifies the Neikea as children of Eris (Strife) through parthenogenesis[3] and siblings of Hysminai ("Battles"), Makhai ("Wars"), Phonoi ("Murders") and Androktasiai (Manslaughters").[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]
Hyginus' account[edit]
In another account, Neikos/ Altercatio was the offspring of the primordial deities Aether and Gaia.[7]
- "From Aether (Air) and Terra/ Gaia (Earth) [were born]: Dolor/ Algos (Pain), Dolus (Guile), Ira/ Lyssa (Anger), Luctus/ Penthus (Lamentation), Mendacium/ Pseudologoi (Lies), Jusjurandum/ Horcus (Oath), Ultio/ Poine (Vengeance), Intemperantia (Intemperance), Altercatio/ Neikea (Altercation), Oblivio/ Lethe (Forgetfulness), Socordia/ Aergia (Sloth), Timor/ Phobos (Fear), Superbia (Arrogance), Incestum (Sacrilege), Pugna/ Hysminai (Combat)."[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 229
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 229
- ^ Richard Caldwell, Hesiod's Theogony, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (June 1, 1987). ISBN 978-0-941051-00-2.
- ^ 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
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- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the References[edit]
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.
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