Algea (: Ἄλγεα; singular: Ἄλγος) is used by Hesoid in the plural as the personification of sorrows and griefs, which are there represented as the daughters of Eris, Greek goddess of strife.
Algos in Greek is a neuter noun literally meaning "pain". She or he was a sibling to Limos,Lethe ,Horkos, and Ponos .
The name is related to the word suffix '-algia' denoting a painful condition.
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Myths and Mortals (Greek Mythology)
FantasyDo you know your Artemis from your Aphrodite? Can you name the god of the Underworld, the sea, the sun? Which god rules them all, holding a thunderbolt in his hand, or claw, when he transforms into an eagle? Or what monsters lurk in the depths of Ta...
