KALOKAGATHIA
Greek Name
Καλοκαγαθια
Transliteration
Kalokagathia
Latin Spelling
Calocagathia
Translation
Nobility, Goodness
KALOKAGATHIA (Calocagathia) was the personified spirit (daimona) of nobility and goodness. She was associated with Arete (Virtue).
PARENTS
Probably a daughter of ZEUS like other moral personifications, though nowhere stated
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Telesilla, Fragment 725 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) :
"Athene was like a beautiful, tall woman--Homer conveys by this means the comeliness and modesty of her appearance, just like Xenophon and Telesilla of Argos in their representation of Arete (Virtue) and Kalokagathia (Nobility)."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Greek Lyric IV Telesilla, Fragments - Greek Lyric C6th B.C.
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