Machai
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In Greek mythology, the Machai (or Makhai) (Greek: Μάχαι; singular: Μάχη Machê or Makhê; "battles") were the daemons (spirits) of battle and combat, and were sons or daughters of Eris, siblings to other vicious personifications like the Hysminai, the Androktasiai, and the Phonoi.[1]
The daemons Homados (Battle-Noise), Alala (War-Cry), Proioxis (Onrush), Palioxis (Backrush) and Kydoimos (Confusion)[2] were closely associated with the Makhai.
They were accompanied in battlefields by other deities and spirits associated with war and death, such as Ares, Phobos, Deimos, the Keres, Polemos, Enyo, and their mother Eris.
[edit] References
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 226 ff
- ^ Shield of Heracles 139 ff
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