Gods — Minor Figures

22 figures from Greek Tragedy who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Destiny

cosmic power · first appears Aeschylus, Eumenides — Scene 6

• Aeschylus, Eumenides — Scene 6 · with Zeus “Zeus the All-seeing thus hath joined in league *With Destiny for Pallas' citizens;”
• Aeschylus, Eumenides — Scene 6 · with Zeus “*Zeus the All-seeing thus hath joined in league *With Destiny for Pallas' citizens;”

Force

agent of Zeus · first appears Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Scene 1

• Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Scene 1 · with Zeus “Zeus being wroth with Prometheus for this deed, sent Hephæstos, with his two helpers, Strength and Force, to fetter him to a rock on Caucasos.”
• Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Scene 1 · with Prometheus “Enter HEPHÆSTOS, STRENGTH, and FORCE, leading PROMETHEUS in chains”

Nemesis

goddess · first appears Euripides, Rhesus — Scene 3

• Euripides, Rhesus — Scene 3 · parent: Zeus “Daughter of Jove, forbear to wreak Impending vengeance, though the tongue, O Nemesis, its boastful strain prolong:”

Strength

agent of Zeus · first appears Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Scene 1

• Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Scene 1 · with Zeus “Zeus being wroth with Prometheus for this deed, sent Hephæstos, with his two helpers, Strength and Force, to fetter him to a rock on Caucasos.”
• Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound — Scene 1 · with Prometheus “Enter HEPHÆSTOS, STRENGTH, and FORCE, leading PROMETHEUS in chains”

Curse

personified curse · first appears Aeschylus, The Seven Who Fought Against Thebes — Scene 1

• Aeschylus, The Seven Who Fought Against Thebes — Scene 1 · with Oedipus “Thou Curse and strong Erinnys of my sire!”

Chiron

centaur · first appears Sophocles, The Trachinian Maidens — Scene 4

• Sophocles, The Trachinian Maidens — Scene 4 · with Heracles “For, well I know, the shaft that made the wound Gave pain to Cheiron, who was more than man. And wheresoe'er it falls, it ravageth All the wild creatures of the world. And now This gory venom blackly spreading bane From Nessus' angry wound, must it not cause The death of Heracles?”
• Euripides, Iphigenia In Aulis — Scene 2 · pupil: Achilles “whom Thetis bore, and Chiron trained up”

Hymen

god of marriage · first appears Euripides, The Heraclidæ — Scene 6

• Euripides, The Heraclidæ — Scene 6 · with Heracles “O Hymen, you have honored two children of Jupiter.”
• Euripides, The Heraclidæ — Scene 6 · with Hebe “O Hymen, you have honored two children of Jupiter.”