Soter
Soter is the personification of salvation in Greek mythology. He is described as the consort of Peitharchia (Obedience) and the father of Eupraxia (Success). His name represents the concept of salvation or deliverance.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology and referenced by Suidas.
Relationships
- consort of
- Praxidike, Peitharchia
- syncretized with
- Zeus
- sibling of
- Praxidike
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Eupraxia was the daughter of another two personifications, Peitharchia and Soter. Peitharkhia (Obedience) is the mother of Eupraxia (Success), wife of Soter (Salvation)”
#28305 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Homonoia was believed to be the daughter of Soter, the saviour daimon, and Praxidike, the goddess of judicial punishment and vengeance. Mnaseas in his treatise On Europe says that Soter (Saviour) and his sister Praxidike (Exacter of Justice) had a son Ctesius (Household) and daughters Homonoia”
#28606 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Orphic Hymns, Praxidike was identified with Persephone, Soter with Zeus, and their daughters Praxidikai with the Erinyes. According to Aeschylus, Soter as the husband of Peitharchia and father of Eupraxia.”
#34051 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001