Adephagia

Adephagia

Adephagia

Greek goddess and personification of gluttony

Adephagia (/ædiˈfeɪdʒiə/,[1] Ancient Greek: Ἀδηφαγία) in Greek mythology was the goddess and personification of gluttony.

Mythology

Adephagia was only mentioned in one source, as having a temple on the island of Sicily, at which she was worshipped alongside Demeter.[2]

"It is said also that there is a temple in Sicily dedicated to Gluttony (Adephagia), and an image of Ceres Sitos (Demeter, the corn-giver)."[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Stedman, Thomas Lathrop (1922). A practical medical dictionary. New York: William Wood.
  2. [2]
    Aelian, Varia Historia 1.27
  3. [3]
    Aelian, Varia Historia 1.27 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

References

Further reading

  • David Whitehead, Observations on Adephagia (in Rheinisches Museum. 145, 2002 P 175-186)


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