Arktos
Arktos is one of twelve Horae. She is the sister of Akte, Antolia, Auge, Musia, Gymnasia, Nymphe, Mesembria, Sponde, Elete, Hesperis, and Dysis. She represents the night sky.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – -500
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythological texts from the Archaic period.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Akte, Antolia, Mesembria, Dysis, Auge, Musia, Gymnasia, Nymphe, Sponde, Elete, Hesperis, Anatolia, Messembria, Acte
- co occurs with
- Harmonia
- serves
- Harmonia
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Akte was sister of the other eleven Hora: Antolia (Sunrise), Auge (First Light), Musia (Hour of Music), Gymnasia (Hour of Exercise), Nymphe (Hour of Bath), Mesembria (Noon), Sponde (Libations), Elete (Hour of Prayer), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Arktos (Night Sky).”
#27483 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Antolia along with her sisters, Dysis, Mesembria and Arktos were the attendants of the goddess Harmonia (Harmony) within her halls in heaven.”
#27611 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Arktos along with her sisters, Antolia, Dysis and Mesembria, attended of the goddess Harmonia (Harmony) within her halls in heaven. Like of her siblings, she guarded one of the four gates of the Winds.”
#27675 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Gymnasia was sister of the other eleven Hora: Anatolia (Sunrise), Auge (First Light), Musia (Hour of Music), Nymphe (Hour of Bath), Messembria (Noon), Sponde (Libation), Elete (Hour of Prayer), Acte (Hour of Pleasure), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Arktos (Night Sky).”
#28427 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5