Persuasion
Family: mythological · Role: deity · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 22
After Theseus combined the Athenians into one city from several townships, he established the worship of Persuasion and Aphrodite. In Book 1, Chapter 43, Persuasion and Consolation are named as works by Praxiteles. At Olympia in Book 5, Chapter 11, Persuasion crowned Aphrodite as Eros received her rising from the sea.
Relationship record
Life events
- Theseus established worship of Aphrodite and Persuasion after uniting the Athenians.(Book 1 · Chapter 22)
- Eros received Aphrodite rising from the sea, and Persuasion crowned her.(Book 5 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Olympia)
Book 1 · Chapter 22
- with Theseus (interaction) “And Theseus established the worship of the Pandemian Aphrodite and of Persuasion, when he combined the Athenians into one city from several townships.”
Book 1 · Chapter 43
- with Praxiteles (Praxiteles made the statue of Persuasion.) “And Persuasion and another goddess whom they call Consolation are by Praxiteles”
Book 5 · Chapter 11
- with Aphrodite (Persuasion crowns Aphrodite.) “who is being crowned by Persuasion.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.