Ioke (mythology)
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{{Greek myth (personified)}}In Greek mythology, Ioke ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|'|oʊ|k|iː}}; Ancient Greek: {{lang|grc|Ἰωκή}}) is the female personification of onslaught, battle-tumult, routing, and pursuit. In the Iliad, she is one of the daimones, or spirits, of Zeus's aegis and occasionally listed among the Machai. The other daimones are Phobos, Eris, and Alke. Ioke was probably the same as Proioxis.
The ancient Greek word {{lang|grc|ἰωκή}} is a rare doublet for {{lang|grc|διωκή}} "rout, onslaught, pursuit" from the common verb {{lang|grc|διώκω}} "drive, pursue, chase away".H. G. Liddel, R. Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. 10th edition with a revised supplement. Oxford, Clarendon press, 1996, p. 847
Mythology
Ioke's parentage is never stated, but she may have been a daughter of Eris, as were many daimones. She is described in the Iliad as thus:Homer, Iliad, 5. 738 ff
{{blockquote|"Across her [Athena's] shoulders she threw the betasselled, terrible aigis (aegis), all about which Phobos (Terror) hangs like a garland, and Eris (Hatred) is there, and Alke (Battle Strength), and heart-freezing Ioke (Onslaught) and thereon is set the head of the grim gigantic Gorgo (Gorgon), a thing of fear and horror, portent of Zeus of the aigis."}}
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References
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
External links
- [https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Ioke.html IOKE from the Theoi Project]
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