Ptocheia
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Ptocheia was the ancient Greek
female spirit of beggary. She was regarded as a companion (and a sister) of Penia
and Amechania
. Her opposites were Euthenia
and Ploutos. She was mentioned by Aristophanes
in his work entitled Plutus
(549ff).
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
female spirit of beggary. She was regarded as a companion (and a sister) of Penia
Penia
In Plato's Symposium, Penae or Penia - Πενία was the personification of poverty and need. She married Porus at Aphrodite's birthday and was sometimes considered the mother of Eros. Her sisters are Amechania and Ptocheia...
and Amechania
Amechania
Amechania was the ancient Greek spirit of helplessness. She was regarded as a close companion of Penia and Ptocheia. She was virtually identical to Aporia. Amechania was mentioned by ancient Greek authors such as Alcaeus and Herodotus....
. Her opposites were Euthenia
Euthenia
Euthenia was the ancient Greek female spirit of prosperity. Her opposite was Penia and her sisters entailed Eucleia, Philophrosyne, and Eupheme. Along with her siblings, she was regarded as a member of the younger Charites. According to the Orphic fragments, her parents were Hephaestus and Aglaea....
and Ploutos. She was mentioned by Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
in his work entitled Plutus
Plutus (play)
Plutus is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwrightAristophanes, first produced c. 388 BC. A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus...
(549ff).