Nyx

Goddess

In Greek mythology, Nyx ( ; 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).

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Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“on the day when the glorious son of Zeus, high of heart, sailed forth from Ilios, when he had laid waste the city of the Trojans. I, verily, beguiled the mind of Zeus, that beareth the aegis, being shed in sweetness round about him, and thou didst devise evil in thy heart against his son, when thou hadst roused the blasts of cruel winds over the face of the deep, and thereafter didst bear him away unto well-peopled Cos, far from all his kinsfolk. But Zeus, when he awakened, was wroth, and flung the gods hither and thither about his palace, and me above all he sought, and would have hurled me from heaven into the deep to be no more seen, had Night not saved me—Night that bends to her sway both gods and men.”
Il. 14.250–259

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Происхождение по Гесиоду, не прямая генеалогия Илиады.

Hesiod, Theogony (H. G. Evelyn-White) · Hesiod, Theogony 211–213

Under the protection of Nyx · Sources
Under the protection of Nyx · Sources

Рассказ Гипноса Гере о состоявшемся спасении; само родство в этом эпизоде не названо.

on the day when the glorious son of Zeus, high of heart, sailed forth from Ilios, when he had laid waste the city of the Trojans. I, verily, beguiled the mind of Zeus, that beareth the aegis, being shed in sweetness round about him, and thou didst devise evil in thy heart against his son, when thou hadst roused the blasts of cruel winds over the face of the deep, and thereafter didst bear him away unto well-peopled Cos, far from all his kinsfolk. But Zeus, when he awakened, was wroth, and flung the gods hither and thither about his palace, and me above all he sought, and would have hurled me from heaven into the deep to be no more seen, had Night not saved me—Night that bends to her sway both gods and men.To her I came in my flight, and besought her, and Zeus refrained him, albeit he was wroth, for he had awe lest he do aught displeasing to swift Night. And now again thou biddest me fulfill this other task, that may nowise be done. To him then spake again ox-eyed, queenly Hera: Sleep, wherefore ponderest thou of these things in thine heart?
Il. 14.259–261

Il. 14.259–261

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Connection · Sources

Стих 14.261 прямо говорит: «Зевс молневержец; он быструю ночь оскорбить не решился»; устойчивое отношение страха/пощады названо.

on the day when the glorious son of Zeus, high of heart, sailed forth from Ilios, when he had laid waste the city of the Trojans. I, verily, beguiled the mind of Zeus, that beareth the aegis, being shed in sweetness round about him, and thou didst devise evil in thy heart against his son, when thou hadst roused the blasts of cruel winds over the face of the deep, and thereafter didst bear him away unto well-peopled Cos, far from all his kinsfolk. But Zeus, when he awakened, was wroth, and flung the gods hither and thither about his palace, and me above all he sought, and would have hurled me from heaven into the deep to be no more seen, had Night not saved me—Night that bends to her sway both gods and men.To her I came in my flight, and besought her, and Zeus refrained him, albeit he was wroth, for he had awe lest he do aught displeasing to swift Night. And now again thou biddest me fulfill this other task, that may nowise be done. To him then spake again ox-eyed, queenly Hera: Sleep, wherefore ponderest thou of these things in thine heart?
Il. 14.259–261

Il. 14.259–261

In art

Henri Fantin-Latour. Nyx. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133829030

Photograph / reproduction: Henri Fantin-Latour

Photograph / reproduction date: 1897

Bertel Thorvaldsen.. Natten. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANatten.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Bertel Thorvaldsen.

Photograph / reproduction date: 1815

Warburg. Roma cim acc.Carstens 2. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARoma_cim_acc.Carstens_2.JPG

Photograph / reproduction: Warburg

Photograph / reproduction date: 2010

Ioannis Kossos. I Nykta by Ioannis Kossos. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AI_Nykta_by_Ioannis_Kossos.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Ioannis Kossos

Photograph / reproduction date: 1864

Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF MS Gr139 folio 419 verso - detail - Nyx. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABnF_MS_Gr139_folio_419_verso_-_detail_-_Nyx.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Bibliothèque nationale de France

Photograph / reproduction date: 9 March 2015 (online on Gallica)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau. La Nuit. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWilliam-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_La_Nuit_%281883%29.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Photograph / reproduction date: 1883

Annibale Carracci. Allegory of the Night. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAnnibale_Carracci_La_Notte_Museo_Cond%C3%A9_Chantilly.jpg

Photograph / reproduction: Annibale Carracci

Photograph / reproduction date: between 1602 and 1605

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Sources and verification

The character is matched to the catalogue.

Wikidata Q131203

Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.