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| Limos | |
|---|---|
Personification of
Starvation | |
| Member of the Family of Eris | |
| Abode | Underworld |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Eris[1] |
| Siblings | Lethe, Ponos, Algos, Hysminai, Machai, Phonoi, Androktasiai, Neikea, Amphillogiai, Pseudea, Logoi, Dysnomia, Atë, Horkos |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman equivalent | Fames |
Limos (/ˈliːˌmɒs/; Ancient Greek: Λιμός, romanized: Limos meaning 'starvation'), Roman Fames /ˈfɑːˌmeɪz/, is the deity and personification of starvation, hunger and famine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Unlike the other gods of the pantheon, Limos is of indeterminate sex, and was portrayed as either male or female depending on region and cult. Limos was opposed by Demeter, goddess of grain and the harvest with whom Ovid wrote Limos could never meet, and Plutus, the god of wealth and the bounty of rich harvests.[2] In the book of Revelation, he is represented as the rider of the black horse.[3]
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 227
- ^ Ovid (1998). Metamorphoses. Translated by Melville, A.D. (trans.). Oxford University Press. pp. 195–197.
- ^ Hutchinson, Jane Campbell (2013). Albrecht Durer: A Guide to Research. Routledge. p. 58. ISBN 978-1135581725. Archived from the original on 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
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