Nyx
Νύξ
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Nyx. 5012: Henri Fautin-Latour 1836-1904: Night 1897. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Eteocles 1: Suppose we fall on them by night from ambush?
Creon 2: Yes, if in the event of defeat you can return safely here.
Eteocles 1: Night equalizes risks, though it rather favors daring.
Creon 2: The darkness of night is a terrible time to suffer disaster.
Eteocles 1: Well, shall I attack them as they sit at dinner? (Euripides, Phoenician Women 725).
"Who are these who come near my couch in the night? … Is there some midnight ambush?" (Hector 1. Euripides, Rhesus 14ff.).
"Starry night does not remain constant with men, nor does tribulation, nor wealth; in a moment it is gone from us, and to another in his turn come both gladness and bereavement." (The Trachinian women to Deianira 1. Sophocles, Trachinian Women 135).
"…tous les événements d'importance doivent avoir lieu la nuit… Quand le manteaux des ténèbres recouvre l'univers, les esprits et toutes les forces mystérieuses, qui ne veulent pas être dérangées par la présence des hommes, entrent en action." (Styn Streuvels, 1871-1969).
Nyx is Night.
Powerful goddess
Black winged Nyx, some say, laid a germless egg in the infinite bosom of Erebus, the Darkness of the Underworld, and after long ages, sprang golden-winged Eros. But others have said that Nyx is the daughter of Eros, whereas others called both of them children of Chaos. Nyx is Night, a powerful goddess whose dark light falls from the stars, and who dictates not only to men but also to gods. Even Zeus does not wish to upset Night: It happened that Hera bribed Hypnos in order to make Zeus fall asleep, so that she could have it her way during the Trojan War. Hypnos obeyed the goddess in spite of his fears; for once he had performed a similar task, and when Zeus woke up in anger, he sought him everywhere, and would have hurled him from heaven into the deep, had Nyx not saved him. For Zeus stopped and thought twice before doing anything that could displease Nyx. Some seem to think that Nyx appears because light is gone as if anything could be and yet do not exist on its own right. But when counting the days, not seldom the nights are mentioned first as when it is said:
"… a brazen anvil falling down from heaven nine nights and days would reach the earth upon the tenth: and again, a brazen anvil falling from earth nine nights and days would reach Tartarus upon the tenth." (Hesiod, Theogony 725).
Nyx's home
In Tartarus, both a place and her brother, Nyx has her home and spreads around him in triple line like a necklace. At the gates of Tartarus and above it are the sources and ends of heaven, earth and sea, and it is told that if a man should find himself inside the gates, he would not reach the bottom for one year, being carried by blasts in all directions.
Portion of Time
But although it could be said that the days could not be counted if this dark-robed goddess, giver of sleep, would not come between them, night and day are, in a certain way, equals:
"… night's sightless eye, and radiant sun proceed upon their yearly course on equal terms and neither of them is envious when it has to yield." (Jocasta to her sons. Euripides, Phoenician Women 543).
For the world, they say, is the movable image of Eternity, and when the heavens were constructed, there appeared after them Night and Day, the months and the years, being all portions of Time, which imitates Eternity. Both Day and Night live in the same home behind the brazen threshold of Tartarus, never being there at the same time, for when one of them crosses the earth the other waits at home. But they greet each other at the threshold as they cross in front of the place where Atlas holds up heaven.
Nyx protecting Hypnos | il263flax: "But Zeus, when he awakened, was wroth, and flung the gods hither and thither about his palace, and me above all he sought, and would have hurled me from heaven into the deep to be no more seen, had Night not saved me — Night that bends to her sway both gods and men." (Hom.Il.14.255). John Flaxman (1755 – 1826).
Favours mischief
Nyx is highly appreciated and revered by those who cast snares, for mischief and treachery not seldom arise from night-time, when things are often unexpected, although Destruction is believed to make its way in any case:
"If night leaves anything undone in the working of destruction, day follows to accomplish it." (Sophocles, Oedipus the King 196).
Nyx
Νύξ
advanced
Nyx. 5012: Henri Fautin-Latour 1836-1904: Night 1897. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Eteocles 1: Suppose we fall on them by night from ambush?
Creon 2: Yes, if in the event of defeat you can return safely here.
Eteocles 1: Night equalizes risks, though it rather favors daring.
Creon 2: The darkness of night is a terrible time to suffer disaster.
Eteocles 1: Well, shall I attack them as they sit at dinner? (Euripides, Phoenician Women 725).
"Who are these who come near my couch in the night? … Is there some midnight ambush?" (Hector 1. Euripides, Rhesus 14ff.).
"Starry night does not remain constant with men, nor does tribulation, nor wealth; in a moment it is gone from us, and to another in his turn come both gladness and bereavement." (The Trachinian women to Deianira 1. Sophocles, Trachinian Women 135).
"…tous les événements d'importance doivent avoir lieu la nuit… Quand le manteaux des ténèbres recouvre l'univers, les esprits et toutes les forces mystérieuses, qui ne veulent pas être dérangées par la présence des hommes, entrent en action." (Styn Streuvels, 1871-1969).
Nyx is Night.
Powerful goddess
Black winged Nyx, some say, laid a germless egg in the infinite bosom of Erebus, the Darkness of the Underworld, and after long ages, sprang golden-winged Eros. But others have said that Nyx is the daughter of Eros, whereas others called both of them children of Chaos. Nyx is Night, a powerful goddess whose dark light falls from the stars, and who dictates not only to men but also to gods. Even Zeus does not wish to upset Night: It happened that Hera bribed Hypnos in order to make Zeus fall asleep, so that she could have it her way during the Trojan War. Hypnos obeyed the goddess in spite of his fears; for once he had performed a similar task, and when Zeus woke up in anger, he sought him everywhere, and would have hurled him from heaven into the deep, had Nyx not saved him. For Zeus stopped and thought twice before doing anything that could displease Nyx. Some seem to think that Nyx appears because light is gone as if anything could be and yet do not exist on its own right. But when counting the days, not seldom the nights are mentioned first as when it is said:
"… a brazen anvil falling down from heaven nine nights and days would reach the earth upon the tenth: and again, a brazen anvil falling from earth nine nights and days would reach Tartarus upon the tenth." (Hesiod, Theogony 725).
Nyx's home
In Tartarus, both a place and her brother, Nyx has her home and spreads around him in triple line like a necklace. At the gates of Tartarus and above it are the sources and ends of heaven, earth and sea, and it is told that if a man should find himself inside the gates, he would not reach the bottom for one year, being carried by blasts in all directions.
Portion of Time
But although it could be said that the days could not be counted if this dark-robed goddess, giver of sleep, would not come between them, night and day are, in a certain way, equals:
"… night's sightless eye, and radiant sun proceed upon their yearly course on equal terms and neither of them is envious when it has to yield." (Jocasta to her sons. Euripides, Phoenician Women 543).
For the world, they say, is the movable image of Eternity, and when the heavens were constructed, there appeared after them Night and Day, the months and the years, being all portions of Time, which imitates Eternity. Both Day and Night live in the same home behind the brazen threshold of Tartarus, never being there at the same time, for when one of them crosses the earth the other waits at home. But they greet each other at the threshold as they cross in front of the place where Atlas holds up heaven.
Nyx protecting Hypnos | il263flax: "But Zeus, when he awakened, was wroth, and flung the gods hither and thither about his palace, and me above all he sought, and would have hurled me from heaven into the deep to be no more seen, had Night not saved me — Night that bends to her sway both gods and men." (Hom.Il.14.255). John Flaxman (1755 – 1826).
Favours mischief
Nyx is highly appreciated and revered by those who cast snares, for mischief and treachery not seldom arise from night-time, when things are often unexpected, although Destruction is believed to make its way in any case:
"If night leaves anything undone in the working of destruction, day follows to accomplish it." (Sophocles, Oedipus the King 196).
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