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{{Short description|Greek deity of mercy |
{{Short description|Greek deity of mercy and compassion}} |
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| name = Eleos |
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| god_of = Personification of Mercy and compassion |
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| roman_equivalent = [[Clementia]], [[Misericordia (mythology)|Misericordia]] |
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| parents = [[Nyx (mythology)|Nyx]] and [[Erebus]]<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface</ref> |
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| siblings = [[Moros]], [[Keres (mythology)|Keres]], [[Thanatos]], [[Hypnos]], [[Oneiroi]], [[Momus]], [[Oizys]], [[Hesperides]], [[Moirai]], [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]], [[Apate (deity)|Apate]], [[Geras]], [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], [[Philotes]], [[Styx]], [[Dolos (mythology)|Dolos]], [[Ponos]], [[Euphrosyne]], [[Epiphron]], [[Sophrosyne|Continentia]], [[Hybris (mythology)|Petulantia]], [[Pertinacia]] |
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In [[ancient Athens]], '''Eleos''' ([[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|Ἔλεος}} [[masculine gender|m.]]) or '''Elea''' was the personification of [[mercy]], clemency, compassion and [[pity]] – the counterpart of the Roman goddess [[Clementia]]. [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] described her as "among all the gods the most useful to human life in all its vicissitudes."<ref name="Pausanias-Theoi">''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''. Cited in {{cite web |url=https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Eleos.html |title=Eleos |work=Theoi Project |publisher=Aaron J. Atsma}}</ref> |
In [[ancient Athens]], '''Eleos''' ([[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|Ἔλεος}} [[masculine gender|m.]]) or '''Elea'''{{cn|date=September 2024}} was the personification of [[mercy]], clemency, compassion and [[pity]] – the counterpart of the Roman goddess [[Clementia]].{{cn|date=November 2023}} [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] described her as "among all the gods the most useful to human life in all its vicissitudes."<ref name="Pausanias-Theoi">''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''. Cited in {{cite web |url=https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Eleos.html |title=Eleos |work=Theoi Project |publisher=Aaron J. Atsma}}</ref> |
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== Family == |
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Eleos was the daughter of the [[Greek primordial deities|primordial gods]], [[Nyx]] (Night) and [[Erebus]] (Darkness).<ref name=":0">Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' Preface</ref><blockquote>"From [[Nyx|Nox]]/ Nyx (Night) and Erebus [were born]: [[Moros|Fatum]]/ Moros (Fate), [[Geras|Senectus]]/ Geras (Old Age), [[Thanatos|Mors]]/ Thanatos (Death), Letum (Dissolution), [[Sophrosyne|Continentia]] (Moderation), [[Somnus]]/ Hypnos (Sleep), [[Oneiros|Somnia]]/ Oneiroi (Dreams), [[Cupid|Amor]] (Love)--that is [[Lysimeles]], [[Epiphron]] (Prudence), [[Porphyrion (mythology)|Porphyrion]], [[Epaphus]], [[Eris (mythology)|Discordia]]/ Eris (Discord), [[Oizys|Miseria]]/ Oizys (Misery), [[Hybris (mythology)|Petulantia]]/ Hybris (Wantonness), [[Nemesis]] (Envy), [[Euphrosyne]] (Good Cheer), [[Philotes|Amicitia]]/ Philotes (Friendship), Misericordia/ Eleos (Compassion), [[Styx]] (Hatred); the three [[Parcae]]/ Moirai (Fates), namely [[Clotho]], [[Lachesis]] and [[Atropos]]; the [[Hesperides]]."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote> |
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== Mythology == |
== Mythology == |
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[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] states that there was an altar in Athens dedicated to Eleos,<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' [[wikisource:Description of Greece (Jones)/Book 1#ATHENS 2|1.17.1]]</ref><ref name="Pausanias-Theoi"/> at which children of [[Heracles]] sought refuge from [[Eurystheus]]' prosecution.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.8.1</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2018}} [[Adrastus]] also came to this altar after the defeat of the [[Seven against Thebes]], praying that those who died in the battle be buried.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Eleos was only recognized in Athens, where she was honored by the cutting of hair and the undressing of garments at the altar.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cj5OAwAAQBAJ&q=Eleos |title=Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines |author=Patricia Monaghan, PhD |year=2014 |access-date=2019-02-27 |page=238|isbn=9781608682188 }}</ref><ref>Scholia to Sophocles's ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'', 258</ref> |
[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] states that there was an altar in Athens dedicated to Eleos,<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' [[wikisource:Description of Greece (Jones)/Book 1#ATHENS 2|1.17.1]]</ref><ref name="Pausanias-Theoi"/> at which children of [[Heracles]] sought refuge from [[Eurystheus]]' prosecution.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.8.1</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2018}} [[Adrastus]] also came to this altar after the defeat of the [[Seven against Thebes]], praying that those who died in the battle be buried.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Eleos was only recognized in Athens, where she was honored by the cutting of hair and the undressing of garments at the altar.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cj5OAwAAQBAJ&q=Eleos |title=Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines |author=Patricia Monaghan, PhD |year=2014 |access-date=2019-02-27 |page=238|isbn=9781608682188 }}</ref><ref>Scholia to Sophocles's ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'', 258</ref> |
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[[Statius]] in ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' (1st century) describes the altar to [[Clementia]] in Athens (treating Eleos as feminine based on the grammatical gender in Latin): "There was in the midst of the city [of Athens] an altar belonging to no god of power; gentle Clementia (Clemency) [Eleos] had there her seat, and the wretched made it sacred".{{ |
[[Statius]] in ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' (1st century) describes the altar to [[Clementia]] in Athens (treating Eleos as feminine based on the grammatical gender in Latin): "There was in the midst of the city [of Athens] an altar belonging to no god of power; gentle Clementia (Clemency) [Eleos] had there her seat, and the wretched made it sacred".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://topostext.org/work/149 |title=Thebaid, 12.481 |author=Statius |access-date=2024-03-07 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] |
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] |
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* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
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*[[Statius]], ''Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] |
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In ancient Athens, Eleos (Ancient Greek Ἔλεος m.) or Elea[citation needed] was the personification of mercy, clemency, compassion and pity – the counterpart of the Roman goddess Clementia.[citation needed] Pausanias described her as "among all the gods the most useful to human life in all its vicissitudes."[1]
Mythology
[edit]Pausanias states that there was an altar in Athens dedicated to Eleos,[2][1] at which children of Heracles sought refuge from Eurystheus' prosecution.[3][failed verification] Adrastus also came to this altar after the defeat of the Seven against Thebes, praying that those who died in the battle be buried.[citation needed] Eleos was only recognized in Athens, where she was honored by the cutting of hair and the undressing of garments at the altar.[4][5]
Statius in Thebaid (1st century) describes the altar to Clementia in Athens (treating Eleos as feminine based on the grammatical gender in Latin): "There was in the midst of the city [of Athens] an altar belonging to no god of power; gentle Clementia (Clemency) [Eleos] had there her seat, and the wretched made it sacred".[6]
See also
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Look up Ἔλεος in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- (Goddesses of Justice): Astraea, Dike, Themis, Prudentia
- (Goddesses of Injustice): Adikia
- (Aspects of Justice): (see also: Triple deity/Triple Goddess (Neopaganism))
- (Justice) Themis/Dike/Justitia (Lady Justice), Raguel (the Angel of Justice)
- (Retribution) Nemesis/Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia/Adrasteia/Adrestia/Invidia
- (Redemption) Eleos/Soteria/Clementia, Zadkiel/Zachariel (the Angel of Mercy)
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Cited in "Eleos". Theoi Project. Aaron J. Atsma.
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.17.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.8.1
- ^ Patricia Monaghan, PhD (2014). Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. p. 238. ISBN 9781608682188. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- ^ Scholia to Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus, 258
- ^ Statius. Thebaid, 12.481. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
References
[edit]- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Statius, Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library. Online version at the Topos Text Project.