Machai
deity Greek single tradition · 2
The Machai (Battles) are personified plural abstractions. They are listed as offspring of Eris (Strife). They are associated with Hysminai (Combats), the Phonoi (Murders), and the Androktasiai (Slaughters).
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Hesiod's Theogony and Homer's Odyssey.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Androktasiai, Hysminai, Phonoi
- child of
- Éris
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“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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“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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