{"id":929,"date":"2018-06-11T17:13:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T16:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greekgodsandgoddesses.net\/?post_type=goddesses&p=929"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:45:31","slug":"harmonia","status":"publish","type":"goddesses","link":"https:\/\/greekgodsandgoddesses.net\/goddesses\/harmonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmonia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Harmonia was the goddess of harmony and concord. In most myths, she is the daughter of Aphrodite<\/a> and Ares<\/a>, but in some accounts she is the daughter of Zeus and Elektra. She wed the King of Thebes, Cadmus, and was given a cursed necklace as a wedding gift. The gift would ultimately cause her downfall, as well as cursing each person who inherited it afterwards.<\/p>\n Cadmus had been made King of Thebes by Athena<\/a>, but he had to serve Ares for eight years after killing a dragon that was sacred to the god. At the end of his sentence, Zeus<\/a> awarded Harmonia to Cadmus as his bride. All of the gods were in attendance for their wedding.<\/p>\n Cadmus and Harmonia would go on to have six children (Ino, Polydorus, Autonoe, Agave, Semele<\/a>, and the youngest \u2013 Illyrius). Their children would become the leaders of Thebes for several centuries.<\/p>\n As the story goes, Harmonia was born out of an adulterous affair between Aphrodite and Ares. Hephaestus<\/a>, Aphrodite\u2019s husband and a blacksmith god, forged the necklace to bring misfortune to anyone who possessed it. Even though it was cursed, the necklace supposedly also brought beauty and eternal life to its wearer.<\/p>\n