Harmonia

Greek goddess of harmony and concord, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and sister of Phobos and Deimos. Wedded to Cadmus, founder of Thebes, in a marriage attended by all the gods; she received the robe and necklace of Hephaestus, gifts later cursed for the Theban royal house. Mother of the Theban princesses Ino, Semele, Agave, Autonoe, and of Polydorus of Thebes. In old age she and Cadmus were transformed into serpents in Illyria and translated to Elysium.

Parentage

• parent: Ares
• parent: Aphrodite

Children

• Agave
• Autonoe
• Ino
• Polydorus of Thebes
• Semele

Domains

• harmony
• marriage sovereignty

Powers

• Bind together in harmony and marital concord

Relations

• sibling: PhobosHes. Theog. 933-937 (primary)
• sibling: DeimosHes. Theog. 933-937 (primary)
• sibling: AnterosCic. Nat. D. 3.59-60 with Hes. Theog. 933-937 (Ares-Aphrodite offspring) (secondary)
• spouse: Cadmus (founder-king of Thebes, son of Agenor, brother of Europa) · GreekFounder-king of Thebes; entry pending in registry.Hes. Theog. 937, 975-978; Apollod. 3.4.2 (primary)
• spouse: CadmusApollodorus, Library 3.4.2 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 933-937, 975-978; Apollodorus 3.4.2, 3.5.4; Diodorus Siculus 5.48-49; Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.563-603 (primary)
• parentage: Hesiod, Theogony 933-937; Apollodorus 3.4.2 (daughter of Ares and Aphrodite) (primary)