Editing Kratos (mythology) (section)

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In Aeschylus' ''[[Libation Bearers]]'', [[Electra]] invokes Kratos, [[Dike (mythology)|Dike]], and Zeus to support her and her brother [[Orestes]]' quest to avenge the murder of their father [[Agamemnon]] by their mother [[Clytemnestra]].<ref>[[Aeschylus]], ''[[Libation Bearers]]'', lines [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-eng1:225-263 244&ndash;245].</ref>{{sfn|Marshall|2017|page=40}} [[Plato]]'s dialogue ''[[Protagoras (dialogue)|Protagoras]]'', written in the fourth century BC, includes an account of the legend of Prometheus in which Prometheus stole fire from the temple of Athena and Hephaestus rather than the citadel of Zeus because the "guards of Zeus" (Διὸς φυλακαί; ''Dios phylakai'') were too frightening.<ref>[[Plato]], ''[[Protagoras (dialogue)|Protagoras]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0178%3Atext%3DProt.%3Apage%3D321 321a]</ref>{{sfn|Ruffell|2012|page=74}}{{sfn|Huffman|2007|page=82}} The identity of these "guards" is unknown and disputed.{{sfn|Huffman|2007|pages=81–83}}

Depictions of Kratos and Bia in [[ancient Greek art]] are extremely rare.{{sfn|Smith|2011|page=18}}{{sfn|Burton|2011|page=59}}{{sfn|Spindler|2015|page=32}} The only known surviving depiction of Kratos and Bia in [[ancient Greek pottery]] is on a fragmentary [[red-figure pottery|red-figure]] ''[[skyphos]]'' by the [[Meidias Painter]], or a member of his circle, that is dated to the end of the fifth century BC and depicts the punishment of [[Ixion]].{{sfn|Smith|2011|page=18}}{{sfn|Shapiro|1994|pages=81–82}} The vase is in the private collection of Herbert Cahn in Basel, Switzerland, and only a bit of hair belonging to Kratos is still visible on the remaining fragments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monument #8449 |url=https://weblimc.org/page/monument/2079054 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=weblimc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=5448, ATHENIAN, BASEL, PRIVATE, H. CAHN, HC541 |url=https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?id=50F13C6F-E42B-4B44-8DE0-CF92BE47F2CA&noResults=&recordCount=&databaseID=&search= |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.carc.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> One of Bia's hands is visible on the wheel that Ixion is bound to, steadying it.{{sfn|Shapiro|1994|pages=81–82}} H. A. Shapiro conjectures that this is probably a representation of a scene from the lost tragedy ''Ixion'' by [[Euripides]], who likely borrowed the figures of Kratos and Bia from ''Prometheus Bound''.{{sfn|Shapiro|1994|page=81}} Kratos is listed as one of the sons of Pallas and Styx in the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Library]]'' of Pseudo-Apollodorus.<ref>Pseudo-Apollodorus, ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|The Library]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022:text=Library:book=1:chapter=2 1.2]</ref>

In the preface to his ''Fabulae'', the Roman author [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]] describes Potestas (Power) as being among the offspring of Pallas and Styx.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface ([https://latin.packhum.org/loc/1263/1/0#0 Rose's Greek text]; [https://topostext.org/work/206#p.9 Grant's translation]).</ref>