Messembria

deity sky Greek single tradition · 3

Messembria is one of the Horae, goddesses of the hours, specifically associated with noon.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested: 800 BCE
Attested period: -800 – 200
Historical notes: Attested in Greek mythology during the Archaic period.

Relationships

sibling of: Dysis, Auge, Acte, Arktos, Gymnasia, Anatolia, Musia, Nymphe, Akte, Sponde, Elete, Hesperis, Arctus, Anatole, Musica, Gymnasica, Nympha
co occurs with: Helios, Chronos
child of: Helios, Chronos

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)

Source passages

“Elete was sister of the other eleven Hora: Anatole (Sunrise), Auge (First Light), Musica (Hour of Music), Gymnasica (Hour of Exercise), Nympha (Hour of Bath), Messembria (Noon), Sponde (Libations), Akte (Hour of Pleasure), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Arctus (Night Sky). Their father was either Helios (Sun) or Chronos (Time).”
#28258 · 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)...”
#28421 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Hesperis was sister of the other eleven Hora: Anatole (Sunrise), Auge (First Light), Musica (Hour of Music), Gymnasica (Hour of Exercise), Nympha (Hour of Bath), Messembria (Noon), Sponde (Libations), Elete (Hour of Prayer), Akte (Hour of Eating), Dysis (Sunset) and Arctus (Night Sky).”
#28514 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001