Oizys
English
Alternative forms
- Oezys
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀϊζύς (Oïzús).
Proper noun
Oizys
- (Greek mythology) The (female) personification of pain and distress; said by Hesiod is his Theogony to be the offspring of Nyx (Night) and produced without the assistance of a father; identified with the Roman Miseria (Misery).
- 1987, Richard S. Caldwell (translator), Hesiod, Theogony, Hackett Publishing Company (Focus), page 40,
- Next Momos and painful Oizys were born to the dark goddess Nyx, though she lay with no one,
- 1987, Richard S. Caldwell (translator), Hesiod, Theogony, Hackett Publishing Company (Focus), page 40,
Usage notes
- Oizys has no distinct mythology of her own. (See Oizys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
- The Roman equivalent, Miseria, is said by Cicero and Hyginus to be one of the offspring of Nox (the Roman equivalent of Nyx) and Erebus (darkness and shadow).