god
Peitho
also: Πειθώ, Persuasion
Persuasion as a goddess — in Sappho's reported phrase the 'daughter of Aphrodite,' and in the damaged Philodemus quotation possibly the goddess's 'gold-shining handmaiden.'
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §words Peitho
Persuasion as a goddess — in Sappho's theology, Aphrodite's daughter and attendant: the power that makes the beloved yield, kept close to the power that makes one love.