Galaxy/The codex of Oizys

Misery and painful distress personified, born fatherless from Nyx beside Momus.1

I

Murky Night bore painful Oizys without union with any father. Hesiod places Misery immediately after Momus, making suffering itself a member of the ancient household of Night.2

II

In Hyginus' Latin genealogy, Miseria is not fatherless: she belongs to the long brood produced by Nox and Erebus.3

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Oizys — art, artifacts and echoes.

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