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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

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]

Notes

^ ^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

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.

[Pausanias-Theoi-1] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Cited in "Eleos". Theoi Project. Aaron J. Atsma.

[2] Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.17.1

[3] Apollodorus, 2.8.1

[4] Patricia Monaghan, PhD (2014). Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines. p. 238. ISBN 9781608682188. Retrieved 2019-02-27.

[5] Scholia to Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus, 258

[6] Statius. Thebaid, 12.481. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

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-{{Short description|Greek deity of mercy & compassion}}
+{{Short description|Greek deity of mercy and compassion}}
-{{more citations needed|date=February 2018}}{{Infobox deity
+{{more citations needed|date=February 2018}}
+{{Greek myth (personified)}}
-| type = Greek
-| name = Eleos
-| god_of = Personification of Mercy and compassion
-| roman_equivalent = [[Clementia]], [[Misericordia (mythology)|Misericordia]]
-| abode =
-| parents = [[Nyx (mythology)|Nyx]] and [[Erebus]]<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface</ref>
-| 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]]
-}}{{Greek myth (personified)}}
-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>
-== Family ==
-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), [[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>
 == Mythology ==
 [[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>
-[[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".{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
+[[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>
 ==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, ''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].
+*[[Statius]], ''Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
 {{Greek mythology (deities)|state=collapsed}}
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+[[Category:Justice goddesses]]
+[[Category:Justice deities]]
 [[Category:Personifications in Greek mythology]]
 [[Category:Women in Greek mythology]]