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PAREGOROS

Greek Name

Παρηγορος

Transliteration

Parêgoros

Roman Name

Consolatio

Translation

Consolation

PAREGOROS was the personified spirit (daimona) of consolation, comforting and soothing words. She was a companion of Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Peitho, the goddess of persuasion.

PARENTS

Perhaps a daughter of ZEUS or OKEANOS, though nowhere stated

ENCYCLOPEDIA

PARE′GOROS (Parêgoros), i.e., "the addressing," is the name of a goddess whose statue, along with that of Peitho. stood in the temple of Aphrodite at Megara. (Paus. i. 43. § 6.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 43. 6 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"[Statues in the temple of Aphrodite in Megara :] There is also Peitho (Persuasion) and another goddess whom they name Paregoros (Consoler), works of Praxiteles."