Makhai

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Other deities
Personified concepts
Achlys Alala Algos Amphilogiai Androktasiai Apate Atë Bia Charites Dysnomia Epiales Eris Eros Harmonia Homados Horae Horkos Hypnos Hysminai Kratos Kydoimos Lampetia Limos Makhai Metis Mnemosyne Moirai Oneiroi Palioxis Polemos Proioxis Neikea Nemesis Nike Pandia Phaethusa Phonoi Ponos Thanatos Themis Zelos

In Greek mythology, the Makhai or Machai, Machae (Greek: Μάχαι, "battles"; singular: Μάχη Machê or Makhê) were the daemons (spirits) of battle and combat, and were sons or daughters of Eris, siblings to other vicious personifications like the Hysminai, the Androktasiai, and the Phonoi.^[1]

Mythology

The daemons Homados (Battle-Noise), Alala (War-Cry), Proioxis (Onrush), Palioxis (Backrush) and Kydoimos (Confusion)^[2] were closely associated with the Makhai.

They were accompanied in battlefields by other deities and spirits associated with war and death, such as Ares, Phobos, Deimos, the Keres, Polemos, Enyo, and their mother Eris.

Popular culture

The Makhai make an appearance in Wrath of the Titans as Hades and later Cronus' troops. The Makhai are depicted as a humanoid creature with two torsos back to back with each other which enables them to attack more than one person.
In The Blood of Olympus, Asclepius used the Makhai and the Pylosian Mint in order to formulate a physician's cure.
In the top down ARPG "Titan Quest: Immortal Throne", Makhai are enemies, that can be found in the final world of the game, "Hades".

References

↑ Hesiod, Theogony 226 ff
↑ Shield of Heracles 139 ff

External links

Theoi Project - Makhai

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