Hysminai Knowpia

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]

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^ "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

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