Nyx
Goddess
In Greek mythology, Nyx ( ; Ancient Greek: Νύξ, lit. 'Night') is the goddess and personification of the night. In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of Chaos, and the mother of Aether (Upper Sky) and Hemera (Day) by Erebus (Darkness).
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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“on the day when the glorious son of Zeus, high of heart, sailed forth from Ilios, when he had laid waste the city of the Trojans. I, verily, beguiled the mind of Zeus, that beareth the aegis, being shed in sweetness round about him, and thou didst devise evil in thy heart against his son, when thou hadst roused the blasts of cruel winds over the face of the deep, and thereafter didst bear him away unto well-peopled Cos, far from all his kinsfolk. But Zeus, when he awakened, was wroth, and flung the gods hither and thither about his palace, and me above all he sought, and would have hurled me from heaven into the deep to be no more seen, had Night not saved me—Night that bends to her sway both gods and men.”
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Henri Fantin-Latour. Nyx. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133829030
Image author: Henri Fantin-Latour
Image date: 1897
Bertel Thorvaldsen.. Natten. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANatten.jpg
Image author: Bertel Thorvaldsen.
Image date: 1815
Warburg. Roma cim acc.Carstens 2. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARoma_cim_acc.Carstens_2.JPG
Image author: Warburg
Image date: 2010
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Tulane Public Relations. Nyx Parade (8474262084). собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANyx_Parade_%288474262084%29.jpg
Image author: Tulane Public Relations
Image date: 2013-02-06 21:24
Ioannis Kossos. I Nykta by Ioannis Kossos. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AI_Nykta_by_Ioannis_Kossos.jpg
Image author: Ioannis Kossos
Image date: 1864
Tulane Public Relations. Nyx Parade (8474263318). собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANyx_Parade_%288474263318%29.jpg
Image author: Tulane Public Relations
Image date: 2013-02-06 20:44
Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF MS Gr139 folio 419 verso - detail - Nyx. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABnF_MS_Gr139_folio_419_verso_-_detail_-_Nyx.jpg
Image author: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Image date: 9 March 2015 (online on Gallica)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau. La Nuit. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWilliam-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_La_Nuit_%281883%29.jpg
Image author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Image date: 1883
Annibale Carracci. Allegory of the Night. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAnnibale_Carracci_La_Notte_Museo_Cond%C3%A9_Chantilly.jpg
Image author: Annibale Carracci
Image date: between 1602 and 1605
Simon Speed. CraneMawTile. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACraneMawTile.JPG
Image author: Simon Speed
Image date: 2013-06-27
Tulane Public Relations. Nyx Parade 2013. собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANyx_Parade_2013.jpg
Image author: Tulane Public Relations
Image date: 2013-02-06 20:37:35
Anna Zinonos. Greek Goddess Nyx illustated in 2019. собрание не указано. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGreek_Goddess_Nyx_illustated_in_2019.jpg
Image author: Anna Zinonos
Image date: 2019-11-30 05:40:53
Noël Hallé. Noël Hallé - La Noche. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANo%C3%ABl_Hall%C3%A9_-_La_Noche.jpg
Image author: Noël Hallé
Image date: 2012-08-06
Anna Maria Franceschini. Noelhalle-Allegoriedelanuit. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANoelhalle-Allegoriedelanuit.jpg
Image author: Anna Maria Franceschini
Image date: 2018-09-20 13:35:13
Tpdwkouaa. Hueman Nyx. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHueman_Nyx.jpg
Image author: Tpdwkouaa
Image date: 2016-05-30
Henning Schlottmann ( User:H-stt ). Nyx Schwanthaler 6329. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0 de. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANyx_Schwanthaler_6329.JPG
Image author: Henning Schlottmann (User:H-stt)
Image date: 2012-07-19
Sappho Painter. Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATerracotta_lekythos_%28oil_flask%29_MET_DP225322.jpg
Image author: Sappho Painter
Image date: circa 500 B.C.
Kalpo. ArbolMorfeo. собрание не указано. CC BY 2.5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AArbolMorfeo.png
Image author: Kalpo
Image date: 2007-06-21
Tulane Public Relations. Mardi Gras Skeleton Bunny at the Nyx Parade. собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMardi_Gras_Skeleton_Bunny_at_the_Nyx_Parade.jpg
Image author: Tulane Public Relations
Image date: 2013-02-06 21:25:45
Leon Frederic. Leon-frederic allegory-of-the-night. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALeon-frederic_allegory-of-the-night.jpg
Image author: Leon Frederic
Image date: circa 1900
Sappho Painter (original work), Metropolitan Museum of Art (photograph), User:Pharos (original upload), User:Michael Aurel (cropped version). Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) MET DP225322 (cropped). собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATerracotta_lekythos_%28oil_flask%29_MET_DP225322_%28cropped%29.jpg
Image author: Sappho Painter (original work), Metropolitan Museum of Art (photograph), User:Pharos (original upload), User:Michael Aurel (cropped version)
Image date: 2025-03-14
Bertel Thorvaldsen. Night. Thorvaldsen Museum. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21570161
Evelyn De Morgan. Night and Sleep. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANight_%26_Sleep.jpg
Image author: Evelyn De Morgan
Image date: 1878
AndyScott. Evelyn de Morgan, Sleep and Death- The Children of the Night. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEvelyn_de_Morgan%2C_Sleep_and_Death-_The_Children_of_the_Night.jpg
Image author: AndyScott
Image date: 2022-10-05 14:38:20
Edward Robert Hughes. Night with her Train of Stars. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AEdward_Robert_Hughes_-_Night_with_her_Train_of_Stars_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Image author: Edward Robert Hughes
Image date: 1912
Evelyn De Morgan. Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASleep_and_Death%2C_the_Children_of_the_Night_-_Evelyn_de_Morgan_%281883%29.jpg
Image author: Evelyn De Morgan
Image date: 1883
Luca Giordano. Fresken in der Galerie des Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florenz, Szene: Die Barke des Charon, der Schlaf der Nacht und Morpheus. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALuca_Giordano_009.jpg
Image author: Luca Giordano
Image date: 1684-1686
Joanbanjo. La nit, pintura del sostre del dormitori del marqués, palau de Dosaigües, València. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALa_nit%2C_pintura_del_sostre_del_dormitori_del_marqu%C3%A9s%2C_palau_de_Dosaig%C3%BCes%2C_Val%C3%A8ncia.JPG
Image author: Joanbanjo
Image date: 2013-07-09 18:43:23
Gustave Moreau. Nyx, Night Goddess label QS:Len,"Nyx, Night Goddess". собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANyx%2C_Night_Goddess_by_Gustave_Moreau_%281880%29.jpg
Image author: Gustave Moreau
Image date: 1880
Rijksmuseum. De nacht (Nox) Schilderingen door Francesco Albani (serietitel), RP-P-OB-36.182. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADe_nacht_%28Nox%29_Schilderingen_door_Francesco_Albani_%28serietitel%29%2C_RP-P-OB-36.182.jpg
Image author: Rijksmuseum
Image date: 1704
Evelyn De Morgan. Night and Sleep. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANight_and_Sleep_-_Evelyn_de_Morgan_%281878%29.jpg
Image author: Evelyn De Morgan
Image date: 1878
sailko. Arte romana, statuetta di nyx o selene, I secolo ac. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AArte_romana%2C_statuetta_di_nyx_o_selene%2C_I_secolo_ac.JPG
Image author: sailko
Image date: 2010-10-01 14:08:35
Rijksmuseum. Nacht Nox Nil Moderabile Svadens (titel op object) De vier tijden van het etmaal (serietitel), RP-P-1898-A-20626. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANacht_Nox_Nil_Moderabile_Svadens_%28titel_op_object%29_De_vier_tijden_van_het_etmaal_%28serietitel%29%2C_RP-P-1898-A-20626.jpg
Image author: Rijksmuseum
Image date: between 1574 and 1637
ArchaiOptix. Lid Painter - ARV 1282 2 - Helios with Selene and Nyx - Athens NAM 17983 - 01. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALid_Painter_-_ARV_1282_2_-_Helios_with_Selene_and_Nyx_-_Athens_NAM_17983_-_01.jpg
Image author: ArchaiOptix
Image date: 2023-09-15 11:24:44
ArchaiOptix. Lid Painter - ARV 1282 2 - Helios with Selene and Nyx - Athens NAM 17983 - 02. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALid_Painter_-_ARV_1282_2_-_Helios_with_Selene_and_Nyx_-_Athens_NAM_17983_-_02.jpg
Image author: ArchaiOptix
Image date: 2023-09-15 11:22:13
pixelsniper. Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch, 1833-1912. Ночь. 105 х 168 см. Частная коллекция (33703807298). собрание не указано. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAuguste-Alexandre_Hirsch%2C_1833-1912._%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C._105_%D1%85_168_%D1%81%D0%BC._%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%2833703807298%29.jpg
Image author: pixelsniper
Image date: 2019-04-10 11:03
Luca Giordano. Fresken in der Galerie des Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florenz, Szene: Die Barke des Charon, der Schlaf der Nacht und Morpheus. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALuca_Giordano_009FXD.jpg
Image author: Luca Giordano
Image date: 1684-1686
ArchaiOptix. Lid Painter - ARV 1282 2 - Helios with Selene and Nyx - Αθήνα EAM 17983 - 03. собрание не указано. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALid_Painter_-_ARV_1282_2_-_Helios_with_Selene_and_Nyx_-_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1_EAM_17983_-_03.jpg
Image author: ArchaiOptix
Image date: 2026-05-28 18:50:48
After Annibale Carracci / Francesco Bartolozzi. A guardian angel carrying two babies, representing an allegory of the night.. собрание не указано. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_guardian_angel_carrying_two_babies%2C_representing_an_allego_Wellcome_V0048166.jpg
Image author: After Annibale Carracci / Francesco Bartolozzi
Image date: 1764
Issued by William S. Kimball & Company. Nox, Goddess of the Night, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANox%2C_Goddess_of_the_Night%2C_from_the_Goddesses_of_the_Greeks_and_Romans_series_%28N188%29_issued_by_Wm._S._Kimball_%26_Co._MET_DPB871033.jpg
Image author: Creator:Issued by William S. Kimball & Company
Image date: 1889
H.-P.Haack. (19) Flaxman Ilias 1795, Zeichnung 1793, 242 x 197 mm. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A%2819%29_Flaxman_Ilias_1795%2C_Zeichnung_1793%2C_242_x_197_mm.jpg
Image author: H.-P.Haack
Image date: 2008-05-13
Joachim von Sandrart the Elder. German: Allegorie der Nacht Allegory of night title QS:P1476,de:"Allegorie der Nacht" label QS:Lde,"Allegorie der Nacht" label QS:Len,"Allegory of night" label QS:Lnl,"Allegorie van de nacht". собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJoachim_von_Sandrart_006.jpg
Image author: Joachim von Sandrart the Elder
Image date: between circa 1654 and circa 1656
Auguste Alexandre Hirsch. Night label QS:Len,"Night". собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAlexandre-Auguste_Hirsch_-_Night%2C_1875.jpg
Image author: Auguste Alexandre Hirsch
Image date: 1875
Henry Fuseli. Night and Her Children Aither and Hemera (Hesiod, Theogony). собрание не указано. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANight_and_Her_Children_Aither_and_Hemera_%28Hesiod%2C_Theogony%29_MET_DP836158.jpg
Image author: Henry Fuseli
Image date: circa 1810
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- Wikipedia · Nyx · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.