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Nyx

In Greek mythology, Nyx (/nɪks/ ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Νύξ, lit. 'Night') is the goddess and personification of the night. In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether (Upper Sky) and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness). By herself, she produces a brood of children which are mainly personifications of primarily negative forces.…

Genealogy, Early sources & Orphic literature

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Genealogy

MorosKerThanatosHypnosOneiroi
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Early sources

GiantPergamon AltarHeraHeraclesTethys
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Orphic literature

AristophanesThe BirdsHypsipyleLuc BrissonAlberto Bernabé
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Roman and later sources

VirgilAeneidTibullusThebaidStatius
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Children
Aether, Hemera, Moros, Ker, Thanatos, Hypnos, the Oneiroi, Momus, Oizys, the Hesperides, the Moirai, the Keres, Nemesis, Apate, Philotes, Geras, Eris
Consort
Erebus
Parents
Chaos
Siblings
Erebus

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Nyx

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples330
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
Components1

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Nyx

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related to Genealogy · 120
Nyx → According, Aegle, Aeschylus, Aether, Amicitia, Amor, Apate, Atropos, Bacchylides, Blame, Caligo, Chaos, Cheerfulness, Chronos, Cicero, Clotho, Continentia, Darkness, Day, Death
related to Other · 53
Nyx → Acusilaus, Aether, Air, Alcman, Antiphanes, Apollonius, Argonautica, Authors, BC, Chaos, Christian, Chrysippus' Physics, Damascius, Day, De, Earth, Epimenides, Erebus, Eridanus, Eros
related to Rhapsodies · 32
Nyx → According, Adrasteia, After, Amalthea, BC/AD, Byzantine, Chronos, Cronus, Damascius, Derveni Theogony, During, Gaia, Hermias, In, John Malalas, Neoplatonist, Night, Once Zeus, Orpheus, Orphic
related to Cult · 27
Nyx → According, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Delphi, Dionysus Nyktelios, Ephesus, In, Megara, Menander Rhetor, Night, Oracle, Ovid, Pausanias, Pindar, Plutarch, Poseidon, Python, Rhoecus, Selene
related to Roman and later sources · 27
Nyx → AD, BC, Dionysiaca, Fasti, Greek, Hera, Hypnos, In, In Virgil's Aeneid, Iris, Latin, Libanius, Nereid, Nonnus, Nox, Ovid, Poseidon, Roman, Sleep, Stars
related to Iconography · 22
Nyx → According, Attic, BC, BC Athenian, Cypselus, Eos, Following, Giants, Gigantomachy, Greek, Helios, Hypnos, In, Most, On, Pausanias, Pergamon Altar, Roman, Selene, She
related to Hesiod · 19
Nyx → Aether, BC, Chaos, Darkness, Day, Despite, Earth, Erebus, Greeks, He, Hemera, Hesiod, Hypnos, In, In Hesiod's Theogony, Oceanus, Thanatos, Theogony, Titan Atlas
related to Iliad · 13
Nyx → BC, Heracles, Homer, Homer's, Hypnos, Iliad, It, Night's, Oceanus, Pietro Pucci, Tethys, When Hera, Zeus
is a · 3
Nyx → Attic lekythos, first deity to exist, offspring of Chaos
related to External links · 3
Nyx → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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night theogony zeus orphic first bc mother century phanes uranus described erebus deities also one gods according chaos several chariot

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NyxChildrenAether, Hemera, Moros, Ker, Thanatos, Hypnos, the Oneiroi, Momus, Oizys, the Hesperides, the Moirai, the Keres, Nemesis, Apate, Philotes, Geras, Eris1.00infobox
NyxConsortErebus1.00infobox
NyxParentsChaos1.00infobox
NyxSiblingsErebus1.00infobox
Nyxis aoffspring of Chaos0.90text
Nyxis afirst deity to exist0.90text
Nyxis aAttic lekythos0.90text
Seleneinstance ofNyx often appears alongside other celestial deities0.80text
Heliosinstance ofNyx often appears alongside other celestial deities0.80text
Eosinstance ofNyx often appears alongside other celestial deities0.80text
as a winged figure driving a horse-pulled chariotinstance ofNyx often appears alongside other celestial deities0.80text
Heliosinstance ofNyx appears on a number of vases alongside other celestial deities0.80text

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