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Peitho

Persuasion, Seductive Speech

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Olympian - Theoi Gamelioi

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ΠειΘω

Peithô

Suada, Suadela

Persuasion (peithô)

PEITHO was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of persuasion, seduction and charming speech. She was a handmaiden and herald of the goddess Aphrodite.


Peitho was usually depicted as a woman with her hand raised in the act of persuasion or fleeing from the scene of a rape. Her attributes were a ball of twine and a dove.

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