| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
Αμφιλογια
Αμφιλογιαι |
Amphilogia
Amphilogiai |
Atercatio |
Disputes,
Altercations |
THE AMPHILOGIAI were the female spirits (daimones) of disputes, debate and contention. They were one of the groups of contentious spirits spawned by Eris (Lady Strife).
| PARENTS |
ERIS (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 226) |
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 (Man-slaughters), the Neikea (Quarrels), the Pseudo Logoi (Lies), the Amphillogiai (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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