Neikea
The Neikea ( ancient Greek Νείκεα , singular Neikos , Νεῖκος hatred ) are personifications of hatred in Greek mythology .
In Hesiod's theogony , the Neikea are daughters of Eris , the goddess of discord; their siblings are also personifications of negative terms. With Timon von Phleius , Neikos appears as a single figure as sister and servant of Eris. According to Pseudo-Demosthenes , she appears in the painting as the tormentor of those exiled in Hades . It is unclear whether the forces that move the world, Neikos and Philotes , were thought of as personified by Empedocles , or whether he was only using a mythical concept.
Hyginus Mythographus lists the daughters of Eris as descendants of Aither and Terra , and he transfers the Neikaea into Latin as Altercatio .
literature
- Wilhelm Kroll : Neikos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVI, 2, Stuttgart 1935, Col. 2183.
- Wilhelm Drexler : Neikos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, Col. 86 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Neikea in Theoi Project (English)
