Algea

The Algea ( ancient Greek Ἄλγεα , singular Algos Ἄλγος pain ) are personifications of pain in Greek mythology .

In Hesiod's theogony , the Algea are daughters of the goddess of discord Eris , their siblings are also personifications of terms that are negatively charged for humans. In Roman mythology , they correspond to the personification of pain, Dolor .

literature

• Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Algea . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, column 230 ( digitized version ).
• Konrad Wernicke : Algea . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1476.

Web links

• Algea in the Theoi Project (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ Hesiod Theogony 226-233.