In Greek mythology, Ioke (/aɪˈoʊkiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἰωκή) is the female personification of onslaught, battle-tumult, routing, and pursuit. In the Iliad, she is one of the daimones, or spirits, of Zeus's aegis and occasionally listed among the Machai. The other daimones are Phobos, Eris, and Alke. Ioke was probably the same as Proioxis.
The ancient Greek word ἰωκή is a rare doublet for διωκή "rout, onslaught, pursuit" from the common verb διώκω "drive, pursue, chase away".[1]
- ^ H. G. Liddel, R. Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. 10th edition with a revised supplement. Oxford, Clarendon press, 1996, p. 847