![]() "For ere this the tribes of men lived on earth remote and free from ills ( kakoi) and hard toil ( ponoi) and heavy sickness ( nosoi) which bring the Keres (Fates) upon men for in misery men grow old quickly. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : ![]() Probably NYX or ERIS, like the other malevolent daimones, although nowhere stated.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES NOSOI THE SPIRITS OF PESTILENCE & DISEASE The Roman counterparts of the Nosoi were Morbus, Lues, Pestis, Tabes and Macies. In most Homeric literature, however, the arrows of Apollon and Artemis were the bringers of plague and sickness rather than bands of daimones. The Keres were also sometimes portrayed as personifications of deadly disease. ![]() ![]() They were numbered amongst the evil spirits which escaped from Pandora's jar. THE NOSOI were the personified spirits ( daimones) of plague, sickness and disease.
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