Horkos

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Horkos is the personification of oaths and the curse that falls upon those who break them in Greek mythology.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Horkos canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figure ⓘ
daimon ⓘ
personification ⓘ
associatedWith curses ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
punishment of perjury ⓘ
belongsToGroup children of Eris ⓘ
spirits of moral and social forces ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
describedBy Hesiod ⓘ
domain mythology ⓘ
religion ⓘ
function to bring ruin on oath‑breakers ⓘ
to pursue those who swear false oaths ⓘ
greekName Ὅρκος ⓘ
hasRole personification of oaths ⓘ
personification of the curse on oath‑breakers ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
meaningOfName Oath ⓘ
mentionedIn Hesiod’s Theogony ⓘ
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony

Hesiod’s Works and Days ⓘ
moralDomain justice ⓘ
social order ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
opposedTo false oaths ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
parent Eris ⓘ
relatedConcept Dike ⓘ
Nemesis ⓘ
Themis ⓘ
sibling Algea ⓘ
Amphillogiai ⓘ
linked to: Amphilogiai

Androktasiai ⓘ
Ate ⓘ
Dysnomia ⓘ
Hysminai ⓘ
Hysperia (Hespera) or similar Eris‑offspring figures ⓘ
Limos ⓘ
Logoi ⓘ
linked to: Logos

Makhai ⓘ
Neikea ⓘ
Phonoi ⓘ
Ponos ⓘ
Pseudologoi ⓘ
symbolicType abstract personification ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece (literary attestation) ⓘ
transliteration Horkos ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eris → offspring → Horkos ⓘ
Eris → offspring → Horkos ⓘ
Neikea → relatedConcept → Horkos ⓘ
Horkos → transliteration → Horkos ⓘ
Pseudea → siblingOf → Horkos ⓘ