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Zelos

demonic sky Gnostic single tradition · 4

Zelos is one of the archons in Hellenized Gnosticism.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Gnostic texts flourished in the 2nd century CE.

Relationships

co occurs with
Phthonos, Errinnys, Esaldaios, Arete, Phthonus, Éris, Agon, Yaldabaoth, Erebus, Nyx, Zeus
sibling of
Epithymia, Phthonus, Erinnys, Kakia, Bia, Nike, Kratos
parent of
Aphrodite
consort of
Apate
child of
Authadia, Styx, Pallas

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. Archon (Gnosticism)
  2. Kakia
  3. Apate
  4. Zelus

Source passages

“Of the archons Kakia, Zelos, Phthonos, Errinnys, Epithymia, the last represents Venus.”

#25442 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the Gnostic tradition, Kakia is personified as the child of the first angel and Authadia with siblings Zelos (emulation), Phthonus (envy), Erinnys (fury), and Epithymia (lust).”

#25525 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the Orphic theogony, Apate conceives the goddess Aphrodite through a union with Zelos, from which she is born from the sea foam.”

#27639 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“O father Zeus, how fierce a heart hath Zelos (Zelus, Rivalry)! Him hast thou made, O lord, mightier than nature to behold and has given him the bitter force of fire, and in his right hand hast vouchsafed to him to wear a sword of adamant.”

#44926 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free