Zelus

Zelos (Emulation/Rivalry), the personified spirit of zealous rivalry and one of the four winged warrior-spirits and throne-attendants of Zeus. Son of the Titan Pallas (greek_hesiod_pallas_titan) and the Oceanid Styx (greek_hesiod_styx); brother of Kratos, Bia and the existing Nike (greek_hesiod_nike). Authored as a deity (both parents deities). A personified abstraction; deathless, so no lifecycle event is recorded, matching the existing Nike entry.

Parentage

• father: Pallas
• mother: Styx

Domains

• emulation and rivalry
• attendance on zeus

Powers

• Stirs zealous emulation and jealous rivalry
• Stands in perpetual attendance at the throne of Zeus

Epithets

• ἐϋσφύρου ... ἀγλαὰ τέκνα (with trim-ankled Nike, 'splendid children' of Styx)Hesiod, Theogony 384-385 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: KratosFull sibling; fellow child of Pallas and Styx, fellow throne-attendant of Zeus.Hesiod, Theogony 383-385 (primary)
• sibling: BiaFull sibling; fellow child of Pallas and Styx.Hesiod, Theogony 383-385 (primary)
• sibling: NikeFull sibling; trim-ankled Nike, fellow child of Pallas and Styx (reciprocal to be added on the existing Nike entry).Hesiod, Theogony 383-385 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 383-385 (primary); Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.4 (primary); Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993), 26-28 (secondary)