Algos

This article is about the Greek deity. For a programming language, see ALGO. For the concept in mathematics and computer science, see Algorithm.

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Algea (Ancient Greek: Ἄλγεα; singular: Ἄλγος) is used by Hesiod in the plural as the personification of sorrows and griefs, which are there represented as the daughters of Eris, Greek goddess of strife.^[1]

Algos in Greek is a neuter noun literally meaning "pain". She or he was a sibling to Lethe, Limos, Horkos, and Ponos.^[2]

The name is related to the word suffix '-algia' denoting a painful condition.^[3]

References

↑ Hesiod, Theogony 227
↑ Grimal, Pierre; A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop (1996). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-631-20102-5.
↑ Etymology online

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Algos". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 131.

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