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Apheleia

Greek deity of ease, simplicity and primitivity

In Greek mythology, Apheleia (Ἀφέλεια, ) was the spirit and personification of ease, simplicity and primitivity in the good sense, "the good old days". According to Eustathius, she had an altar at the Acropolis of Athens and was honored as a nurse of Athena.

References

Sources

Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band I, Halbband 2, Alexandrou-Apollokrates (1894), s. 2175, u. Apheleia (German)

References

[[Eustathius of Thessalonica. Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], p. 1279, 39 ff (commenting on ''[[Iliad]]'', 22. 451); he erroneously cites [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], who does have a catalogue of personifications honored in Athens (1. 17. 1), but makes no mention of Apheleia.

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