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Styx was the oath of the gods. Homer calls Styx the "dread river of oath". [9] In both the Iliad and the Odyssey, it is said that swearing by the water of Styx, is "the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods".
For so did Styx the deathless daughter of Okeanos plan on that day when the Olympian Lightener called all the deathless gods to great Olympos (Olympus), and said that whosoever of the gods would fight with him against the Titanes, he would not cast him out from his rights, but each should have the office which he had before amongst the ...
Such stories involving Horkos exemplify the importance of oath-taking in ancient Greece, which was undertaken in the name of the gods. [25] To perjure oneself meant waging war on the gods, who even themselves could suffer under the same sanctions. [26]
In a similar fashion, in the Iliad, Hera, upon swearing an oath by the underworld river Styx, "invoked by name all the gods below Tartarus, that are called Titans" as witnesses. [ 34 ] They were the older gods, but not, apparently, as was once thought, the old gods of an indigenous group in Greece, historically displaced by the new gods of ...
She was also known as Styx (/ s t ɪ k s / STIKS; Στύξ, Stýx) or Gorgyra (/ ɡ ɔːr ˈ dʒ aɪ r ə / gor-JY-rə; Γόργυρα, Górgȳra, from γόργυρα, górgȳra, 'underground drain'). [1] With Acheron, she mothered Ascalaphus. [2] Orphne also seems to be one translation of the name of the Roman goddess Caligo (Darkness). [3]
There was a bull, a marvelous monster, born of Mother Earth, the hind part of which was of serpent-form: warned by the three Fates, grim Styx had imprisoned him in dark woods, surrounded by triple walls. There was a prophecy that whoever burnt the entrails of the bull, in the flames, would defeat the eternal gods.
In exchange for his aid, Hera swears an oath on the Styx, promising Pasithea in marriage to Hypnos, who, it is stated, had always loved her. [12] The same story is referenced, though not retold, by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the Posthomerica. [13]
According to the episode of Behind the Music featuring Styx, the early part of the supporting tour was a financial disaster, due to the fact that Styx had booked small, theater-sized venues for a more intimate experience, while later tour dates saw the group performing in large arenas to sold-out crowds. The album debuted at No. 10 on the ...