Hysminai

The Hysminai (Greek: ὑσμῖναι; singular: ὑσμίνη hysmine "battle, conflict, combat""ὑσμίνη": Lexicon entry in LSJ) are figures in Greek mythology. Descendants of Eris, they are personifications of battle.Hesiod, Theogony 226 ff Quintus SmyrnaeusQuintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 5. 25 ff wrote of them in Book V of the Fall of Troy in a passage translated by Arthur Way:
Around them hovered the relentless Fates;Beside them Battle incarnate onward pressedYelling, and from their limbs streamed blood and sweat.
==See also==
* Androktasiai
==References==
Category:Greek Mythology
Category:Deities