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In Greek mythology, Oizys (/ ˈ oʊ ɪ z ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized: Oïzús, lit. 'misery' [1]), or Oezys, is the personification of pain or distress. [2] In Hesiod's Theogony, Oizys is one of the offspring of Nyx (Night), produced without the assistance of a father. [3] Oizys has no distinct mythology of her own.
The Roman counterpart to Achlys seems to have been Caligo ('dark fog'). The first-century BC Roman mythographer Hyginus , in the Preface of his Fabulae , has Caligo being the mother of Chaos (for Hesiod the first being who existed), and, with Chaos, was the mother of Night ( Nox ), Day ( Dies ), Darkness ( Erebus ) and Ether ( Aether ...
Goddess of poisons, personification of misery and sadness. Apollo, god of diseases; Atropos, one of the moirai, who cut the thread of life. Charon, a daimon who acted as ferryman of the dead. Erebus, the primordial god of darkness, his mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth; Erinyes, chthonic deities of vengeance
The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices into Roman culture, including Latin literature, Roman art, and religious life as it was experienced throughout the Roman Empire. Many of the Romans' own gods remain obscure ...
As a sharp-tongued spirit of unfair criticism, Momus was eventually expelled from the company of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is related to μομφή, meaning 'blame', 'reproach', or 'disgrace'. [1] Hesiod said that Momus was a son of Night , "though she lay with none", and the twin of the misery goddess Oizys. [2]
Religious sites and rituals for the di inferi were properly outside the pomerium, Rome's sacred boundary, as were tombs. [11] Horse racing along with the propitiation of underworld gods was characteristic of "old and obscure" Roman festivals such as the Consualia, the October Horse, the Taurian Games, and sites in the Campus Martius such as the Tarentum and the Trigarium.
In Greek mythology, Elpis (Ancient Greek: Ἐλπίς, romanized: Elpis, lit. 'hope') is the minor goddess of hope, about which the Greeks had ambivalent feelings. She was never the centre of a cult, as was Spes, her Roman equivalent, and was chiefly the subject of ambiguous Greek aetiological myths.
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