Proioxis
{{Short description|Greek war deity}}
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In Greek mythology, Proioxis{{Pronunciation needed|date=August 2024}} (Ancient Greek: Προΐωξις) was the personification of onrush or pursuit in battle (as opposed to Palioxis).{{cite book|last1=Shapiro|first1=Harvey Alan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pPrAAAAMAAJ&q=proioxis|title=Personifications in Greek Art: The Representation of Abstract Concepts, 600-400 B.C.|date=1993|publisher=Akanthus|isbn=9783905083057|page=21|language=en|access-date=13 July 2018}} She and her sister Palioxis (Backrush) presided over the surge of battle. They were probably numbered amongst the Makhai, daimones of the battlefield. Proioxis was probably the same as Ioke.
Mythology
In the epic poem the Shield of Heracles, attributed to Hesiod, Proioxis was one of the many figures, depicted on Heracles' shield.Hesiod, Shield of Heracles [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-eng1:154-177 154].
In his hands he (Herakles) took his shield, all glittering : no one ever broke it with a blow or crushed it. And a wonder it was to see . . . In the centre was Phobos (Fear) worked in adamant, unspeakable, staring backwards with eyes that glowed with fire. His mouth was full of teeth in a white row, fearful and daunting, and upon his grim brow hovered frightful Eris (Battle-Strife) who arrays the throng of men: pitiless she, for she took away the mind and senses of poor wretches who made war against the son of Zeus . . . Upon the shield Proioxis (Pursuit) and Palioxis (Flight) were wrought, and Homados (Tumult), and Phobos (Panic), and Androktasia (Slaughter). Eris (Battle-Strife) also, and Kydoimos (Confusion) were hurrying about, and deadly Ker (Fate) was there holding one man newly wounded. . .Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 135–157 {{PD-notice}}
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References
- Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0128 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0127 Greek text available from the same website].
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