Saturday, August 4, 2012

Harmonia

In Greek mythologyHarmonia is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia, and her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discordia.

According to myth, she is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite; another myth says, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra, her brother lasion being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island. Finally, Harmonia is rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia.

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