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AMPHILOGIAI

Greek Name

Αμφιλογια Αμφιλογιαι

Transliteration

Amphilogia, Amphilogiai

Roman Name

Altercatio

Translation

Disputes, Altercations

THE AMPHILOGIAI (Amphilogiae) were the female spirits (daimones) of disputes and altercations. They were one group in a large company of contentious spirits spawned by the goddess Eris (Strife).

PARENTS

ERIS (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 226)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

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)"