prophasis
{{Short description|Personification of excuse in Greek mythology}}
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In Greek mythology, Prophasis ({{langx|grc|Πρόφασις}}) was the personification of excuse.Race, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-pythian_odes/1997/pb_LCL056.311.xml n. 2 to line 29, p. 311]. According to Pindar, she was the daughter of Epimetheus.Pindar, Pythian [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-pythian_odes/1997/pb_LCL056.311.xml 5.28–9 (pp. 310, 311)].
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References
- Pindar, Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes, edited and translated by William H. Race, Loeb Classical Library No. 56, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99564-2}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL056/1997/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].
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Category:Personifications in Greek mythology
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