Kallone
deity Ancient Greece single tradition · 1
Kallone is one third of the Greek trio of gods comprising Fate, Birth and Beauty, along with Moira and Eileithyia. She is described in Plato's Symposium as an aspect of birth, specifically the fittingness of beauty for the divine act of bringing forth life. Seth Benardete describes her as a cult name for Artemis-Hecate.
When
- First attested
- 400 BCE
- Attested period
- -400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Plato's Symposium.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Eileithyia, Moira
- syncretized with
- Artemis-Hecate
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Kallone (Ancient Greek: Καλλονή, lit. 'beauty') is one third of the Greek trio of gods comprising Fate, Birth and Beauty; or Moira, Eileithyia and Kallone respectively. She is described in Plato's Symposium as an aspect of birth: This thing, pregnancy and bringing to birth, is divine”
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