Statue of Harmonia in the Harmony Society gardens in Old Economy Village, Pennsylvania. The Harmony Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785 Old Economy Village is a designated National Historic Landmark that is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Ambridge

In Greek mythology, Harmonia is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance A goddess is a Female Deity. Many Cultures have goddesses Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities Her Roman counterpart is Concordia, and her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discordia. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 In Roman religion, Concord ( Latin: Concordia) was the goddess of agreement understanding and marital harmony Eris ( Greek Ἔρις, "Strife" is the Greek Goddess of strife her name being translated into Latin as Discordia

Origins

According to one account, she is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite; by another, the daughter of Aphrodite and Hephaestus. Hephaestus (hɨˈfiːstəs or /hɨˈfɛstəs/ Greek Hēphaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan. By yet another account, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra, her brother Iasion being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island. Samothrace (Σαμοθράκη is an island municipality in Greece, in the northern Aegean Sea. In Greek mythology, Electra ( Greek:Ηλέκτρα was an Argosian princess and daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra In Greek mythology, Iasion or Iasus was usually the son of Electra and Zeus and brother of Dardanus. Finally, Harmonia is rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia.

Almost always, though, Harmonia is the wife of Cadmus. Cadmus, or Kadmos (Κάδμος in Greek mythology, was a Phoenician prince son of Agenor and the brother of Phoenix, Cilix With Cadmus, she was the mother of Ino, Polydorus, Autonoe, Agave and Semele. In Greek mythology Ino was a mortal queen of Thebes, the second wife of Athamas, the mother of Learches and Melicertes, daughter of The only son of Cadmus and Harmonia, Polydorus was a king of Thebes Greece. In Greek mythology, Autonoë ( Ancient Greek:) was a daughter of Cadmus, founder of Thebes Greece, and the goddess Harmonia. In Greek mythology, Agave (or Agaue, English translation: "illustrious" was the daughter of Cadmus, the king and founder of the city Stimula redirects here For the Genus of Grass skipper Butterflies, see Stimula (butterfly.

Those who described Harmonia as a Samothracian related that Cadmus, on his voyage to Samothrace, after being initiated in the mys­teries, perceived Harmonia, and carried her off with the assistance of Athena. When Cadmus was obliged to quit Thebes, Harmonia accompanied him. Thebes may refer to one of the following places Thebes Greece, Boeotia Prefecture Ancient Thebes (Boeotia (gmy 𐀳𐀣 When they came to the Encheleans, they assisted them in their war against the Illyrians, and conquered the enemy. Illyrian tribes or possibly or partly Illyrian tribes or tribes inhabiting lands known as Illyria. Illyrians has come to refer to a broad ill-defined " Indo-European " group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans ( Illyria, roughly Cadmus then became king of the Illyrians, but afterwards he and Har­monia were metamorphosed into dragons and trans­ferred to Elysium; or, according to others, they were carried thither in a chariot drawn by dragons. In Greek mythology, Elysium ( Greek:) was a section of the Underworld (the spelling Elysium is a Latinization of the ^[1]

Necklace

Harmonia is renowned in ancient story chiefly on account of the fatal neck­lace she received on her wedding day. When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia. Thebes ( Classic Greek Θῆβαι, Mod Θήβα) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range which divides ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology All the gods honoured the wedding with their presence. Cadmus presented the bride with a robe and necklace, which he had received either from Hephaestus or from Europa. ^[2] This necklace, commonly referred to as the Necklace of Harmonia, brought misfortune to all who possessed it. The Necklace of Harmonia was a fabled object in Greek mythology that according to legend brought great misfortune to all of its wearers or owners who were primarily queens Other traditions stated that Harmonia received this necklace (op/uos) from some of the gods, either from Aphrodite or Athena. ^[3]

Polyneices, who inherited the necklace, gave it to Eriphyle, that she might persuade her husband, Amphiaraus, to undertake the expedition against Thebes. In Greek mythology, Polynices or Polyneices ( Greek: Πολυνείκης transl In Greek mythology, Eriphyle, daughter of Talaus, was the mother of Alcmaeon and the wife of Amphiaraus. In Greek mythology, Amphiaraus (or Amphiaraos, "doubly-cursed" or "twice Ares -like" was the son of Oecles and ^[4] Through Alcmaeon, the son of Eriphyle, the necklace came into the hands of Arsinoe, next into those of the sons of Phegeus, Pronous and Agenor, and lastly into those of the sons of Alcmaeon, Amphoterus and Acarnan, who dedicated it in the temple of Athena Pronoea at Delphi. Phegeus was a Greek mythological king who offered succor and his daughter Arsinoe (named Alphesiboea in some versions to Alcmaeon, who was Agenor ( Gr) was a son of Phegeus, king of Psophis, in Arcadia. In Greek mythology, Acarnan (Ἀκαρνάν genitive Ἀκαρνᾶνος one of the Epigones was a son of Alcmaeon and Calirrhoe, and brother Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western ^[5] The necklace had wrought mischief to all who had been in pos­session of it, and it continued to do so even after it was dedicated at Delphi. Phayllus, the tyrant, stole it from the temple to gratify his mistress, the wife of Ariston. She wore it for a time, but at last her youngest son was seized with madness, and set fire to the house, in which she perished with all her treasures. ^[6]

See also

• Cadmus et Hermione
• Aneris
• Concordia
• Eris

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Cadmus et Hermione is a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully. In Discordian mythology Aneris is described as the sister of Eris aka Discordia In Roman religion, Concord ( Latin: Concordia) was the goddess of agreement understanding and marital harmony Eris ( Greek Ἔρις, "Strife" is the Greek Goddess of strife her name being translated into Latin as Discordia The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
• This article incorporates text by Leonhard Schmitz from the article "Harmonia" in the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870), vol. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849 originally published 1844 under a slightly different title is an Encyclopedia / Biographical dictionary Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents 2, p. 350.

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