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HORKOS (personification of the false oath)

Divine power · personifies the curse that will be inflicted on any person who swears a false oath in Greek mythology

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Parents
Eris
Siblings
Atë, Lethe, Limos, Ponos, Algos
In the sources
1 ancient passage

Horkos, the divine force born to trouble those who break their oaths, was the offspring of Eris.1 This spirit of perjury shared a lineage with siblings including Atë, Lethe, Limos, Ponos, and Algos.

The codex facts behind this entry

Fate

Horcus was born to trouble those who break their oaths. Hesiod's Works and Days ll. 802-804

Sources

  1. Hesiod's Works and Days ll. 802-804
Written from the Mythos Codex, and every sentence checked against the facts it cites. From the Mythos Codex: 2 facts, each checked against the ancient passage it comes from, here drawn from Hesiod. Updated 29 October 2026.

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