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Aidos

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Aidos
ancient Greek personification of conscience. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 14]
See : Conscience
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In Greek mythology, Prometheus had a daughter named Aidos.
The age of Pinus: all that's fit to print about what has been called ... by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
It is this factor--the differing cultural constraints imposed upon male and female and the divergent experience of aidos that results--it is this factor that most decisively distinguishes the behavior of Ninus and Semiramis, allowing his eloquent appeal for marriage while silencing her desires.
The silence of Semiramis: shame and desire in the Ninus romance and ... by Anderson, Michael J. / Ancient Narrative
As enunciated by Pindar, the athletic ideal incorporated courage and endurance with modesty, dignity, and fair-mindedness, those elusive qualities the Greeks called Aidos.
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