Oath
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Oath the event
Horcus
spoken of as
1 expressionHorcus“Oath”1 mention
Works and Days (Greek)
On a fifth, they say, the Erinyes assisted at the birth of Horcus (Oath) whom Eris (Strife) bore to trouble the forsworn.
in the texts
Theogony
Personified Oath, child of Strife, who troubles men most upon earth when anyone willfully swears falsely.
Lawlessness and Ruin, all of one nature, and Oath who most troubles men upon earth when anyone willfully swears a false oath.
Works and Days
Personified Oath, born of Eris (Strife) and associated with the unlucky fifth day, invoked to punish those who swear falsely.
On a fifth, they say, the Erinyes assisted at the birth of Horcus (Oath) whom Eris (Strife) bore to trouble the forsworn.