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[edit] Peitho and Anangke
To his (Themistocles') declaration , "that the money must needs be paid, as the Athenians had brought with him two mighty gods – Persuasion (Peitho) and Necessity (Anangke)," they made reply, that "Athens might well be a great and glorious city, since she was blest with such excellent gods; but they were wretchedly poor, stinted for land, and cursed with two unprofitable gods, who always dwelt with them and would never quit their island – to wit, Poverty (Penia) and Helplessness (Amechania). These were the gods of the Andrians, and therefore they would not pay the money."
