Arke
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One of the daughters of Thaumas and Electra, and twin sister to Iris
| Arke | |
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Messenger goddess | |
| Abode | Tartarus |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Thaumas |
| Siblings | Iris, Aello, Celaeno, Podarge and Ocypete |
In
romanized: Árkē, lit. 'swift') is one of the daughters of Thaumas, and sister to the rainbow goddess Iris. During the Titanomachy, Arke fled from the Olympians' camp and joined the Titans, unlike Iris who remained loyal to Zeus and his allies. After the war was over and the Titans with their allies were defeated, Zeus cut off her wings and cast Arke into Tartarus
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Mythology
Arke was born to
gen. ποδός "foot" + the name of Arke).[1]
In Eumelus of Corinth's lost epic Titanomachy, it seems that the messenger of the Titans was called Ithas, identified with Prometheus.[2][3]
See also
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Notes
References
- Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History, 6; Photius, Bibliotheca, 190
- ^ Eumelus, fragment 5 [=Hesychius Lexicon i387]
- Kerényi(1997), p. 50
Bibliography
- Photius, Bibliothecaexcerpts, sections 1-166 translated by John Henry Freese, from the SPCK edition of 1920, now in the public domain, and other brief excerpts from subsequent sections translated by Roger Pearse (from the French translation by René Henry, ed. Les Belles Lettres).
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