Kakia
demonic earth Ancient Greece single tradition · 4
Kakia is one of the archons in Hellenized Gnosticism.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Gnostic texts flourished in the 2nd century CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Phthonos, Errinnys, Esaldaios, Epithymia, Phthonus, Erinnys, Éris, Arete, Homonoia, Yaldabaoth, Nemesis, Praxidike
- enemy of
- Arete
- created by
- the first angel, Authadia
- child of
- Authadia, the first angel
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Of the archons Kakia, Zelos, Phthonos, Errinnys, Epithymia, the last represents Venus.”
#25441 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kakia (Ancient Greek: Κακία, lit. 'malice, wickedness') is the Greek goddess of vice and moral badness (presumably, sin or crime). She was depicted as a vain and heavily made-up woman dressed in revealing clothes, and was presented as the opposite of Arete, goddess of excellence and virtue.”
#25523 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to Irenaeus, Gnostics believed that the first angel and Authadia conceived the children Kakia (wickedness), Zelos (emulation), Phthonus (envy), Erinnys (fury), and Epithymia (lust).”
#25548 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“her counterpart Kakia (κακία, 'badness') offered him wealth and pleasure.”
#27756 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat