| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
Mach
Macai |
Makhê
Makhai |
Mache
Machae |
Battles, Combats
(makhê) |
THE MAKHAI (or Machae) were the gods or spirits (daimones) of battle and combat. The spirits Homados (Battle-Noise), Alala (War-Cry), Proioxis (Onrush), Palioxis (Backrush) and Kydoimos (Confusion) were probably all numbered among the Makhai.
| PARENTS |
ERIS (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 226)
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Hesiod, Theogony 226 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) :
"But abhorred Eris (Strife) bare painful Ponos (Toil), and Lethe (Forgetfulness), and Limos (Starvation), and the Algea (Pains), full of weeping, the Hysminai (Fightings) and the Makhai (Battles), the Phonoi (Murders) and the Androktasiai (Manslaughters), the Neikea (Quarrels), the Pseudo-Logoi (Lies), the Amphilogiai (Disputes), and Dysnomia (Lawlessness) and Ate (Ruin), who share one another's natures, and Horkos (Oath)."
Sources:
- Hesiod, Theogony - Greek Epic C8th-7th B.C.
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