Algea

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Algea are personified spirits of pain and suffering in Greek mythology, associated with the goddess Eris and the darker aspects of human experience.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Algea canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf GreekMythologyFigure
mythologicalConcept
personifiedSpirit
appearsIn genealogiesOfEris
aspectOf darkerAspectsOfLife
associatedWith emotionalPain
grief
pain
physicalPain
sorrow
suffering
woe
category ChildrenOfEris
GreekDaimones
linked to: Agathos Daimon

GreekPersonifications
conceptualScope bodilyPain
mentalAnguish
culture AncientGreek
describedIn HesiodTheogony
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony
domain humanExperience
function embodyHumanSuffering
grouping spiritsOfSuffering
languageOfName AncientGreek
linkedTo Eris
mentionedBy Hesiod
moralValence malevolent
mythology GreekMythology
nameMeaning pains
number pluralEntity
ontologicalStatus abstractPersonification
opposedConcept pleasure
parent Eris
pluralFormOf Algos
relatedConcept Lype
Oizys
Ponos
role personificationsOfPain
symbolism inevitablePainOfLife
typeOf daimones

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eris offspring Algea
Eris offspring Algea
Horkos sibling Algea
Pseudea siblingOf Algea