Eleos

In Greek mythology, Eleos was the personification of pity and mercy.
There was an altar in Athens dedicated to herPausanias, Description of Greece 1. 17. 1, at which children of Heracles sought refuge from Eurystheus' prosecutionApollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 8. 1.. Adrastus also came to this altar after the loss of the battle of Seven Against Thebes, praying that those who died in the battle be buriedApollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 7. 1.Scholia to Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, 258.
According to a local inscriptionInscriptiones Graecae, 4. 1282, Eleos was also worshipped at Epidaurus.
==References==
==External links==
*Theoi Project - Eleos
Category:Greek Mythology
Category:Deities