Ponos
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For the medical condition, see kala-azar.
Ponos (Ancient Greek: Πόνος; "toil"/"labour") was the god of hard labor and toil in Greek mythology. His mother was the goddess Eris ("discord"), who was the daughter of Nyx ("night"). He was brother to Algos, Lethe, Limos, and Horcus.[1]
"Ponos" also means "pride" in the Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian languages.
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- ^ Grimal, Pierre; A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop (1996). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 152. ISBN 0-631-20102-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=iOx6de8LUNAC.
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