Algea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Algea (Ἄλγεα) is used by Hesiod in the plural as the personification of pain, both physical and mental. They were the bringers of weeping and tears.

Family
In Hesiod's Theogony, the Algea are represented as the children of Eris, the goddess of strife. They were siblings to Lethe, Limos, Horkos, Ponos and many other daemons.


 * "And hateful Eris bore painful Ponos ("Hardship"),
 * Lethe ("Forgetfulness") and Limos ("Starvation") and the tearful Algea ("Pains"),
 * Hysminai ("Battles"), Makhai ("Wars"), Phonoi ("Murders"), and Androktasiai ("Manslaughters");
 * Neikea ("Quarrels"), Pseudea ("Lies"), Logoi ("Stories"), Amphillogiai ("Disputes")
 * Dysnomia ("Anarchy") and Ate ("Ruin"), near one another,
 * and Horkos ("Oath"), who most afflicts men on earth,
 * Then willing swears a false oath."