Ekecheiria

In Greek mythology, Ekecheiria (also transliterated as Ekekheiria) was the spirit and personification of truce, armistice, and cessation of hostilities, and is also used to refer to the Olympic truce. In Olympia there was a statue of her crowning Iphitos of Elis.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. 10. 10; 5. 26. 2

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