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Greek mythological spirits

Summary

Greek mythological spirits

In the poem "Kiln", the fourteenth of the Epigrams attributed to Homer, five malevolent spirits are described as plaguing the craftsman potter:

  1. Sýntrips (Σύντριψ; Suntrips; ) — the smasher (to break, to crush; syntríbô)
  2. Smáragos (Σμάραγος; Smaragus; ) — the crasher (smash, crash; smaragéô)
  3. Ásbetos (Ἄσβετος; Asbetus; ) or Ásbestos (Ἄσβεστος; or Asbestus; ) — the charrer (unquenchable, inextinguishable; ásbestos)
  4. Sabáktes (Σαβάκτης; Sabactes; ) — the destroyer (shatter, destroy; sabázô)
  5. Omódamos (Ὠμόδαμος; Omodamus; ) — crudebake (crude, raw, uncooked; ômós)

References

References

  1. "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), FI´CTILE".
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