Friday, 8 June 2012

Personified concepts




Immortals 

Personified concepts

  • Achlys
  •  (Ἀχλύς), spirit of the death-mist
  • Adephagia
  •  (Ἀδηφαγία), spirit of satiety and gluttony
  • Adikia
  •  (Ἀδικία), spirit of injustice and wrong-doing
  • Aergia
  •  (Ἀεργία), spirit of idleness, laziness, indolence and sloth
  • Agon
  •  (Ἀγών), spirit of contest, who possessed an altar at Olympia, site of the Olympic Games.
  • Aidos
  •  (Αἰδώς), spirit of modesty, reverence and respect
  • Aisa (Αἴσα), personification of lot and fate
  • Alala
  •  (Ἀλαλά), spirit of the war cry
  • Alastor
  •  (Ἀλάστωρ), spirit of blood feuds and vengeance
  • Aletheia
  •  (Ἀλήθεια), spirit of truth, truthfulness and sincerity
  • The Algea (Ἄλγεα), spirits of pain and suffering
  • Achos (Ἄχος) "trouble, distress"
  • Ania (Ἀνία) "ache, anguish"
  • Lupe (Λύπη) "pain, grief, sadness"
  • Alke
  •  (Ἀλκή), spirit of prowess and courage
  • Amechania
  •  (Ἀμηχανία), spirit of helplessness and want of means
  • The Amphilogiai (Ἀμφιλογίαι), spirits of disputes, debate and contention
  • Anaideia
  •  (Ἀναίδεια), spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness, and unforgivingness
  • The Androktasiai (Ἀνδροκτασίαι), spirits of battlefield slaughter
  • Angelia
  •  (Ἀγγελία), spirit of messages, tidings and proclamations
  • Apate
  •  (Ἀπάτη), spirit of deceit, guile, fraud and deception
  • Apheleia
  •  (Ἀφέλεια), spirit of simplicity
  • Aporia
  •  (Ἀπορία), spirit of difficulty, perplexity, powerlessness and want of means
  • The Arae (Ἀραί), spirits of curses
  • Arete
  •  (Ἀρετή), spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness and valour
  • Atë
  •  (Ἄτη), spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness and ruin
  • Bia
  •  (Βία), spirit of force, power, bodily strength and compulsion
  • Caerus
  •  (Καιρός), spirit of opportunity
  • Corus
  •  (Κόρος), spirit of surfeit
  • Deimos
  •  (Δεῖμος), spirit of fear, dread and terror
  • Dikaiosyne
  •  (Δικαιοσύνη), spirit of justice and righteousness
  • Dike
  •  (Δίκη), spirit of justice, fair judgements and the rights established by custom and law
  • Dolos
  •  (Δόλος), spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery and guile
  • Dysnomia
  •  (Δυσνομία), spirit of lawlessness and poor civil constitution
  • Dyssebeia
  •  (Δυσσέβεια), spirit of impiety
  • Eirene
  •  (Εἰρήνη), goddess of peace
  • Ekecheiria
  •  (Ἐκεχειρία), spirit of truce, armistice, and the cessation of all hostilities; honoured at the Olympic Games
  • Eleos
  •  (Ἔλεος), spirit of mercy, pity and compassion
  • Elpis
  •  (Ἐλπίς), spirit of hope and expectation
  • Epiphron
  •  (Ἐπίφρων), spirit of prudence, shrewdness, thoughtfulness, carefulness and sagacity
  • Eris
  •  (Ἔρις), spirit of strife, discord, contention and rivalry
  • The Erotes (ἔρωτες)
  • Anteros
  •  (Ἀντέρως), god of requited love
  • Eros
  •  (Ἔρως), god of love and sexual intercourse
  • Hedylogos (Ἡδύλογος), god of sweet talk and flattery
  • Himeros
  •  (Ἵμερος), god of sexual desire
  • Pothos
  •  (Πόθος), god of sexual longing, yearning and desire
  • Eucleia
  •  (Εὔκλεια), spirit of good repute and glory
  • Eulabeia
  •  (Εὐλάβεια), spirit of discretion, caution and circumspection
  • Eunomia
  •  (Εὐνομία), goddess of good order and lawful conduct
  • Eupheme
  •  (Εὐφήμη), spirit of words of good omen, acclamation, praise, applause and shouts of triumph
  • Eupraxia
  •  (Eὐπραξία), spirit of well-being
  • Eusebeia
  •  (Eὐσέβεια), spirit of piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect
  • Euthenia
  •  (Εὐθενία), spirit of prosperity, abundance and plenty
  • Gelos
  •  (Γέλως), spirit of laughter
  • Geras
  •  (Γῆρας), spirit of old age
  • Harmonia
  •  (Ἁρμονία), goddess of harmony and concord
  • Hebe
  •  (Ήβη), goddess of youth
  • Hedone
  •  (Ἡδονή), spirit of pleasure, enjoyment and delight
  • Heimarmene
  •  (Εἵμαρμένη), personification of share destined by fate
  • Homados
  •  (Ὅμαδος), spirit of the din of battle
  • Homonoia
  •  (Ὁμόνοια), spirit of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind
  • Horkos
  •  (Ὅρκος), spirit of oaths
  • Horme
  •  (Ὁρμή), spirit of impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting oneself in motion, and starting an action
  • Hybris
  •  (Ὕβρις), spirit of outrageous behaviour
  • Hypnos
  •  (Ὕπνος), god of sleep
  • The Hysminai (Ὑσμῖναι), spirits of fighting and combat
  • Ioke
  •  (Ἰωκή), spirit of pursuit in battle
  • Kakia
  •  (Kακία), spirit of vice and moral badness
  • Kalokagathia
  •  (Καλοκαγαθία), spirit of nobility
  • The Keres (Κῆρες), spirit of violent or cruel death
  • Koalemos
  •  (Κοάλεμος), spirit of stupidity and foolishness
  • Kratos
  •  (Κράτος), spirit of strength, might, power and sovereign rule
  • Kydoimos
  •  (Κυδοιμός), spirit of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub
  • Lethe
  •  (Λήθη), spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, and of the river of the same name
  • Limos
  •  (Λιμός), spirit of hunger and starvation
  • The Litae (Λιταί), spirits of prayer
  • Lyssa
  •  (Λύσσα), spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals
  • The Machai (Μάχαι), spirits of fighting and combat
  • Mania
  •  (Μανία), spirit or spirits of madness, insanity and frenzy
  • The Moirai, or "Fates" (Μοίραι)
  • Clotho
  •  (Κλωθώ), the spinner of the life thread
  • Lachesis
  •  (Λάχεσις), the measurer of the life thread
  • Atropos
  •  (Άτροπος), the severer of the life thread
  • Momus
  •  (Μῶμος), spirit of mockery, blame, censure and stinging criticism
  • Moros
  •  (Μόρος), spirit of doom
  • The Neikea (τὰ Νείκη), spirits of quarrels, feuds and grievances
  • Nemesis
  •  (Νέμεσις), goddess of revenge, balance, righteous indignation and retribution
  • Nike
  •  (Νίκη), goddess of victory
  • Nomos
  •  (Νόμος), spirit of law
  • Oizys
  •  (Ὀϊζύς), spirit of woe and misery
  • The Oneiroi (Ὄνειροι), spirits of dreams
  • Epiales
  •  (Ἐπιάλης), spirit of nightmares
  • Morpheus
  •  (Μορφεύς), god of dreams, who takes shape of humans
  • Phantasos
  •  (Φάντασος) spirit of dreams of fantasy, who takes shape of inanimate objects
  • Phobetor
  •  (Φοβήτωρ) or Icelos (Ἴκελος), spirit of nightmares, who takes shape of animals
  • Palioxis
  •  (Παλίωξις), spirit of backrush, flight and retreat from battle
  • Peitharchia
  •  (Πειθαρχία), spirit of obedience
  • Peitho
  •  (Πειθώ), spirit of persuasion and seduction
  • Penia
  •  (Πενία), spirit of poverty and need
  • Penthus
  •  (Πένθος), spirit of grief, mourning and lamentation
  • Pepromene
  •  (Πεπρωμένη), personification of the destined share, similar to Heimarmene
  • Pheme
  •  (Φήμη), spirit of rumour, report and gossip
  • Philophrosyne
  •  (Φιλοφροσύνη), spirit of friendliness, kindness and welcome
  • Philotes
  •  (Φιλότης), spirit of friendship, affection and sexual intercourse
  • Phobos
  •  (Φόβος), spirit of panic fear, flight and battlefield rout
  • The Phonoi (Φόνοι), spirits of murder, killing and slaughter
  • Phrike
  •  (Φρίκη), spirit of horror and trembling fear
  • Phthonus
  •  (Φθόνος), spirit of envy and jealousy
  • Pistis
  •  (Πίστις), spirit of trust, honesty and good faith
  • Poine
  •  (Ποίνη), spirit of retribution, vengeance, recompense, punishment and penalty for the crime of murder and manslaughter
  • Polemos
  •  (Πόλεμος), personification of war
  • Ponos
  •  (Πόνος), spirit of hard labour and toil
  • Poros
  •  (Πόρος), spirit of expediency, the means of accomplishing or providing, contrivance and device
  • Praxidike
  •  (Πραξιδίκη), spirit of exacting justice
  • Proioxis (Προίωξις), spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit
  • Prophasis (Πρόφασις), spirit of excuses and pleas
  • The Pseudologoi, spirits of lies
  • Ptocheia (Πτωχεία), spirit of beggary
  • Soter (Σωτήρ), male spirit of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm
  • Soteria (Σωτηρία), female personification of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm
  • Sophrosyne (Σωφροσύνη), spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion
  • Techne (Τέχνη), personification of art and skill
  • Thanatos (Θάνατος), spirit of death and mortality
  • Thrasos (Θράσος), spirit of boldness
  • Tyche (Τύχη), goddess of fortune, chance, providence and fate
  • Zelos ( Ζῆλος), spirit of eager rivalry, emulation, envy, jealousy and zeal

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