Personifications in Greek mythology

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Personifications in Greek mythology are deified abstractions that embody and give human form to concepts such as memory, justice, love, and fate within the Greek religious and mythological tradition.

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instanceOf aspect of Greek mythology
mythological concept collection
religious concept in ancient Greece
associatedWith Greek cult practice
ancient Greek literature
ancient Greek religion
describedAs deified abstractions that embody and give human form to ideas and forces
documentedIn Hesiod's Theogony
Homeric Hymns
Homeric epics
Pausanias' Description of Greece
tragedies of Aeschylus
linked to: Oresteia

tragedies of Euripides
tragedies of Sophocles
embody abstract concepts
moral qualities
natural forces
psychological states
social institutions
functionAs didactic tools
explanations of abstract ideas
objects of cult worship
haveForm anthropomorphic deities
daimones
include Ananke
Aporia
Ate
Bia
Charites
linked to: The Three Graces

Deimos
Dike
Eileithyia
Eirene
Eris
Eros
linked to: Eros (primordial)

Eucleia
Eupheme
Geras
Harmonia
Hecate
Himeros
Horae
Hybris
Hypnos
Iris
Kratos
Mnemosyne
Moirae
Momos
Nemesis
Nike
Oizys
Peitho
Philotes
Phobos
linked to: Phobos (Fear)

Pothos
Thanatos
Thanatos and Hypnos twins
Themis
Tyche
Zelos
influenced Renaissance allegorical art
Roman personifications
Western literary allegory
relatedTo Greek philosophical thought
Greek poetry
Greek visual art

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Mnemosyne category Personifications in Greek mythology