Bia (mythology)

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Other deities
Personified concepts
Apate Atë Bia Charites Eris Eros Harmonia Horae Hypnos Kratos Metis Mnemosyne Moirai Oneiroi Nemesis Nike Thanatos Themis Zelos

In Greek mythology, Bia, (in Greek: Βία, "Violence"), was the personification of force and raw energy, daughter of Pallas and Styx,^[1] and sister of Nike, Kratos, and Zelus.^[2]

She and her siblings were constant companions of Zeus.^[3] They achieved this honour after supporting Zeus in the war of the Titans along with their mother.^[4] Bia is one of the characters named in the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, written by Aeschylus, where Hephaestus is compelled by the gods to bind Prometheus after he was caught stealing fire and offering the gift to mortals.

References

^ Hesiod. Theogony, 375-383.
^ Hesiod, Theogony 383–5.
^ Hesiod, Theogony 386–7.
^ Hesiod, Theogony 389–94.

External links

Theoi Mythology, Bia

Ancient Greek deities by affiliation

Primordial
deities

Titan
deities

Titanes (male)	Oceanus Hyperion Coeus Cronus Crius Iapetus Ophion

Titanides (female)	Tethys Theia Phoebe Rhea Mnemosyne Themis Dione Eurybia

Hyperionides	Helios Selene Eos

Koionides	Lelantos Leto Asteria Aura

Krionides	Astraeus Pallas Perses

Iapetionides	Atlas Prometheus Epimetheus Menoetius

Okeanides	Metis Clymene Eurynome Styx

Olympian
deities

Dodekatheon	Zeus Hera Hermes Ares Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hestia Poseidon

Theoi Olympioi	Heracles Harmonia Ganymede Asclepius Eros Eris Iris Hebe Eileithyia Enyo Phobos Deimos Paean Pan Pandia

Mousai (Muses)	Calliope Clio Euterpe Erato Melpomene Polyhymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania

Charites (Graces)	Aglaea Euphrosyne Thalia

Horae (Hours)	Dike Eunomia Eirene

Styktides	Nike Kratos Bia Zelos

Oceanic
deities

Theoi Halioi	Poseidon Amphitrite Triton Oceanus Tethys Pontus/Thalassa Nereus Glaucus Proteus Phorcys Ceto Thetis

Oceanids	Clymene Dione Doris Eurynome Metis Nemesis Pleione Tyche

Nereides	Amphitrite Thetis Galatea

Potamoi	Achelous Asopus Enipeus Scamander

Chthonic
deities

Theoi Khthonioi	Hades Persephone Gaia Demeter Hecate

Erinyes (Furies)	Alecto Tisiphone Megaera Adikia

Earthborn	Hecatonchires Cyclopes Gigantes Kouretes Meliae Telkhines Typhon

Apotheothenai	Iacchus Trophonius Triptolemus Orpheus Minos Aeacus Rhadamanthus

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