PEITHARKHIA
Greek Name
Πειθαρχια
Transliteration
Peitharkhia
Latin Spelling
Peitharchia
Translation
Obedience
PEITHARKHIA (Peitharchia) was the personified spirit (daimona) of obedience and the following of commands.
PARENTS
Nowhere stated
OFFSPRING
EUPRAXIA (by Soter) (Aeschylus Seven 223)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 223 ff (trans. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) :
"When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Peitharkhia (Obedience) is the mother of Eupraxia (Success), wife of Soter (Salvation)--as the saying goes.
So she is, but the power of god [Zeus] is supreme, and often in bad times it raises the helpless man out of harsh misery even when stormclouds are lowering over his eyes."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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