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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

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