Styx
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Styx (; ; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia. She sided with Zeus in his war against the Titans, and because of this, to honor her, Zeus decreed that the solemn oaths of the gods be sworn by the water of Styx.
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In Greek mythology, Styx is both a goddess and a river of the Underworld, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, whose support of Zeus in his war against the Titans earned her a special honor. Because of her loyalty, Zeus decreed that the most sacred oaths sworn by the gods would be made by invoking the waters of Styx, making her symbolically central to divine truth-telling and binding agreements.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Styx
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess and underworld river
- Deity.abode
- Underworld
- Deity.member_of
- The Oceanids
- Deity.parents
- Oceanus and Tethys
- Deity.consort
- Pallas
- Deity.children
- Bia, Kratos, Nike, Zelus
- Deity.image
- Eleutherna relief achilles cropped.jpg
- Deity.siblings
- Oceanids, the river gods
- Deity.caption
- Thetis dips Achilles in Styx, 4th century relief, Museum of Ancient Eleutherna
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- Oath of the gods
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- The Arcadian Styx
- Moon
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- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Ancient sources
- Modern sources
- External links
In Greek mythology, Styx (; ; lit. "Shuddering"), also called the River Styx, is a goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld. Her parents were the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and she was the wife of the Titan Pallas and the mother of Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Bia. She sided with Zeus in his war against the Titans, and because of this, to honor her, Zeus decreed that the solemn oaths of the gods be sworn by the water of Styx.
==Family== According to the usual account, Styx was the eldest of the Oceanids, the many daughters of the Titan Oceanus, the great world-encircling river, and his sister-wife, the Titaness Tethys. However, according to the Roman mythographer Hyginus, she was the daughter of Nox ("Night", the Roman equivalent of Nyx) and Erebus (Darkness).