InGreek mythology,PoenaorPoine(Ancient Greek:Ποινή"recompense, punishment" ) is the spirit ofpunishment[1]and the attendant of punishment toNemesis,[2]the goddess of divine retribution. Sometimes mentioned as one being, and sometimes in the plural asPoenai(Ποιναί) and are akin to theErinyes.[3]Her Roman equivalent may have beenUltio.
The Greek wordpoinḗ(ποινή) means a recompense or a punishment. From this word theLatinpoenameaning "pain, punishment, penalty" is derived, which in turn gave rise to English words such as "subpoena"and" pain ".[4]
References
edit- ^Atsma, Aaron."Poine".Theoi Project.Retrieved2013-04-08.
- ^Irwin, Patrick."Nemesis".University of Oxford. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-10-02.Retrieved2013-04-08.
- ^A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Poena
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- ^Harper, Douglas."Penal - Etymology".Online Etymology Dictionary.Retrieved2013-04-08.
External links
edit- LacusCurtius – Poena
- Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary
- Poine: a study in ancient Greek blood-vengeance.By Hubert Joseph Treston, published in the United Kingdom, by Longmans, Green and Co., in 1923.
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