Peitho

deity intermediate Greek single tradition · 4

Peitho is the Greek goddess of persuasion. In Plato's cosmological account, she represents the persuasive force through which Intellect prevails over Necessity (Ananke) to direct the formation of the universe toward what is best.

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When

First attested: 500 BCE
Attested period: -500 – 2020
Historical notes: Referenced in Plato's cosmological writings as the personification of persuasion in the formation of the cosmos.

Relationships

co occurs with: Horkos, the Machai, Limos, Dysnomia, Charis, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Pasithea, Auxo, Hegemone, Cleta, Phaenna, Kale, Gaia, Zeus, Mnemosyne, Ananke, Éris, Charites, Apollo, Aphrodite, nymphs, Eros, Artemis (Diana)
allied with: Eunomia, Harmonia, Eucleia, Hermes
child of: Ate, Dionysus, Coronis

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Sources

wikipedia (4)

Source passages

“Intellect prevailing over Necessity by persuading (from Peitho, goddess of persuasion) it to direct most of the things that come to be toward what is best”
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“Aeschylus, in his tragedy Agamemnon, has the Chorus call Peitho "the unendurable child of scheming Ruin [Ate]".”
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“Another early representation of the Charites, from a relief at the Paros colony of Thasos dated to the beginning of the fifth century BCE, shows the Charites with Hermes and either Aphrodite or Peitho, which marked the entrance to the old city.”
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“Eucleia is often shown (usually with Eunomia) among the several goddesses in the retinue of Aphrodite Pandemos (Aphrodite of all the People). These goddesses are a collection of personified abstractions representing virtues such as Eucleia (Good Repute), Eunomia (Good Order), Peitho (Persuasion), and Harmonia (Harmony)”
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