Hysminai
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The Hysminai were spirits of combat in Greek mythology. They were children of Eris and part of Ares' battlefield entourage.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Spirits of combat in Greek mythology, children of Eris.
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Sources
Source passages
“Eris/Discordia, with the Androktasiai, Makhai, Hysminai, and the Phonoi (Eris' children)”
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“Hesiod's Theogony, line 228, lists four personified plural abstractions, the Hysminai (Combats), the Machai (Battles), the Phonoi (Murders), and the Androktasiai (Slaughters), as being among the offspring of Eris (Strife): Ὑσμίνας τε Μάχας τε Φόνους τ’ Ἀνδροκτασίας τε”
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