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In Greek mythology, Eris (Ancient Greek: Ἔρις, romanized: Eris, lit. 'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war).
The tale is also told in Ovid's Metamorphoses, [2] though Ascalabus and his mother go unnamed: "presumably... to avoid confusion with Ascalaphus". [ 3 ] In Roman versions of the story, where Demeter is called Ceres , Ascalabus is often named Stellio .
Chaos (Ancient Greek: χάος, romanized: Kháos) is the mythological void state preceding the creation of the universe (the cosmos) in ancient near eastern cosmology and early Greek cosmology. It can also refer to an early state of the cosmos constituted of nothing but undifferentiated and indistinguishable matter .
[1] [2] It is a discourse [3] used to interpret or attempt to understand the mythology and religion of other cultures; a comparative methodology using ancient Greek religious concepts and practices, deities, and myths, equivalencies, and shared characteristics.
'Time'; , Modern Greek:), also spelled Chronus, is a personification of time in Greek mythology, who is also discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. [ 1 ] Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the Titan , Cronus , in antiquity, due to the similarity in names. [ 2 ]
In Greek mythology, Harmonia (/ h ɑːr ... Her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discordia. Family. Harmonia and the serpent.
In Greek mythology, Limos (Ancient Greek: Λιμός, romanized: Līmós, lit. 'Famine, Hunger, Starvation') [1] is the personification of famine or hunger. Of uncertain sex, Limos was, according to Hesiod's Theogony, the offspring of Eris (Strife), with no father mentioned. [2]
English chaos is a better translation of hundun in the classical sense of Chaos or Khaos in Greek mythology meaning "gaping void; formless primordial space preceding creation of the universe" than in the common sense of "disorder; confusion".