Poena
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In Greek mythology, Poena or Poine () is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution. Some depictions are of a single being, and some depictions are of multiple beings—in the plural, the name is Poenai (); the Poenai are akin to the Erinyes.
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Vinony's link graph records 429 inbound references to Poena, and connects out to Eris, Nyx and Nemesis.
It sits within the topics Greek goddesses, Justice goddesses and Personifications in Greek mythology.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Greek mythology
- Gender
- female
- Child
- Erinyes
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In Greek mythology, Poena or Poine () is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddess of divine retribution. Some depictions are of a single being, and some depictions are of multiple beings—in the plural, the name is Poenai (); the Poenai are akin to the Erinyes.
The Greek word '' () means "a recompense or a punishment". From this word is derived the Latin word poena meaning "pain, punishment, penalty", which in turn gave rise to English words such as subpoena and pain''.
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