Peitharchia
{{Short description|Personification of obedience in Greek mythology}}
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In Greek mythology, Peitharchia{{Pronunciation-needed}} (Ancient Greek: Πειθαρχία) was the personification of obedience.
Mythology
According to Aeschylus, Peitharchia was the wife of Soter and mother of Eupraxia.Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 224
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.Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 223–229 {{PD-notice}}
Notes
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References
- Aeschylus, translated in two volumes. 1. Seven Against Thebes by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1926. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0014 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0013 Greek text available from the same website].
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