Aether (mythology)

Aether
Aether
Primordial god and personification of the Upper Sky
Member of the Primordial Gods
	Aether in battle with a lion-headed Giant, detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, 2nd century BC
Genealogy
Parents	Erebus and Nyx (Hesiod); Chronos (Orphic)
Siblings	Hemera (Hesiod); Chaos and Erebus (Orphic)

In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ˈiːθər/; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness)^[2] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day).^[3] In Orphic cosmogony Aether was the offspring of Chronos (Time), and the brother of Chaos and Erebus.^[4]

^ Honan, p. 21.
^ Gantz, p. 4.
^ Hard, p. 24; Grimal s.v. Aether; Tripp, s.v. Aether; The Oxford Classical Dictionary, s.v. Aither; Gantz, p. 4.
^ Athanassakis and Wolkow, p. 80.

[1] Honan, p. 21.

[2] Gantz, p. 4.

[3] Hard, p. 24; Grimal s.v. Aether; Tripp, s.v. Aether; The Oxford Classical Dictionary, s.v. Aither; Gantz, p. 4.

[4] Athanassakis and Wolkow, p. 80.

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