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Ekecheiria

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In Greek mythology, Ekecheiria (also transliterated as Ekekheiria) was the spirit and personification of truce, armistice, and cessation of hostilities. In Olympia there was a statue of her crowning Iphitos of Elis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. 10. 10; 5. 26. 2

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