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and Ourania (Urania) and lovely Galaxaura. Plouto (Pluto) and charming Kalypso (Calypso) Styx too. "The deep-bosomed daughters of Okeanos (Oceanus). Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) : Now these are the eldest of the daughters who were born to Tethys and Okeanos (Oceanus), but there are many others beside these." Amphiro and Okyroe, and Styx, who among them all has the greatest eminence. "She brought forth also a race apart of daughters. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE OF STYX Theog 775.) Zeus became by her the father of Persephone (Apollod.
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568.) When one of the gods was to take an oath by Styx, Iris fetched a cup full of water from the Styx, and the god, while taking the oath, poured out the water. She was the first of all the immortals that took her children to Zeus, to assist him against the Titans and, in return for this, her children were allowed for ever to live with Zeus, and Styx herself became the divinity by whom the most solemn oaths were sworn. 511.) By Pallas Styx became the mother of Zelus (zeal), Nice (victory), Bia (strength), and Cratos (power).
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778.) As a river Styx is described as a branch of Oceanus, flowing from its tenth source (789), and the river Cocytus again is a branch of the Styx. 36), and as a nymph she dwelt at the entrance of Hades, in a lofty grotto which was supported by silver columns. 439.) Styx is described as a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (Hes. STYX (Stux), connected with the verb stugeô, to hate or abhor, is the name of the principal river in the nether world, around which it flows seven times. EKHIDNA (by Peiras) (Epimenides Frag Pausanias 8.18.2) NIKE, KRATOS, ZELOS, BIA, SKYLLA, FOUNTAINS, LAKES (by Pallas) (Hyginus Preface) NIKE, KRATOS, ZELOS, BIA (by Pallas) (Theogony 384 Apollodorus 1.9) EREBOS & NYX (Hyginus Preface) OFFSPRING OKEANOS (Homeric Hymn 2.415, Epimdenides Frag) OKEANOS & TETHYS (Theogony 361, 385 Apollodorus 1.8, Callimachus Hymn to Zeus) Styx was sometimes identified with several other chthonian goddesses, including Demeter Erinys the wrathful earth, the oath-protecting Eumenides, and Nyx the darkness of night. The River Styx was also a corrosive Arkadian (Arcadian) stream which allegedly flowed forth from the underworld. Zeus rewarded her by making her stream the agent of oaths which bound the gods. Styx was a firm ally of Zeus in the Titan Wars, who brought her children Nike (Victory), Zelos (Rivalry), Bia (Force) and Kratos (Cratus, Strength) to stand beside the god in battle. She was also the spirit ( daimon) personification of hatred ( stygos). STYX was the goddess of the underworld River Styx and the eldest of the Okeanides (Oceanids).