In Greek mythology, the Hysminae or Hysminai ( Ancient Greek: Ὑσμίνας or ὑσμῖναι; singular: ὑσμίνη from hysmine means 'battle, conflict, combat' [1]) are the personifications of fighting. [2] In Hesiod's Theogony, the Hysminai are listed among the children of Eris, the goddess of strife. [3] In another account, Hysmine was called daughter of the primordial deities Aether and Gaia. [4] Quintus Smyrnaeus depicted the Hysminae along with other daemons of war on the shield of Achilles. [5]
See also
Notes
- ^ "ὑσμίνη": Lexicon entry in LSJ
- ^ Scull, Sarah Amelia (1880). Greek mythology systematized. Porter & Coates. p. 42. ISBN 9780524012987. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 228 (Caldwell, p. 43).
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 5.36
References
- Caldwell, Richard, Hesiod's Theogony, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (June 1, 1987). ISBN 978-0-941051-00-2. Internet Archive.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com