Aergia | |
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Personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness | |
Abode | Underworld (specifically in the House of Hypnos) |
Parents | Aether and Gaea |
Equivalents | |
Roman | Socordia or Ignavia |
In Greek mythology, Aergia (/eɪˈɜrdʒə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀεργία, 'inactivity')[1] is the personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness. She is the translation of the Latin Socordia, or Ignavia: the name was translated into Greek because Hyginus mentioned her being based on a Greek source, and thus she can be considered as both a Greek and Roman goddess. Aergia's opposite character is Horme, a goddess of effort.