Peitho

Apollo and the Rivers have youths in their keeping — to this charge Zeus appointed them — Peitho, and Admete, and Ianthe, and Electra, and Doris, and Prymno, and Urania divine in form,

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

Peitho, for which offence Zeus flung him into Tartarus, where he suffered dreadful torture, inflicted by two vultures, which perpetually gnawed his liver.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

Alexandrinus, "Pædagog." ii.p. 164, [Greek: A tais de hippois mignumenais oion hymenaios epauleitai nomos aulôdias hippothoron touton keklêkasin oi Mousikoi.] [155] Peitho means Persuasion, and is represented as one of the Graces by Hermes anax.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

And thus the ancients set up near Aphrodite statues of Hermes, to show that conversation was one of the great charms of marriage, and also statues of Peitho [155] and the Graces, to teach married people to gain their way with one another by persuasion, and not by wrangling or contention.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

It is never gratuitous, never untempted by the working of Peitho (Persuasion), never merely wicked.

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911

Men ran to Themistocles, calling him, “Peitho, — Queen Persuasion.”

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

Glaucon had never prayed for the gifts of Peitho, “Our Lady Persuasion,” more than at that crucial moment.

A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903

[8] _Peitho_ quam vocant Graeci, cuius effector est Orator, hanc Suadam appellavit Ennius.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

Aphrodite standing near, accompanied by the figure of Peitho -- Persuasion.

Adventures Among Books Andrew Lang 1878

Her long robe falls to her feet in simple folds, while Peitho holds hers up saucily, between her forefinger and thumb, as if stealthily dancing with triumph over her recent victory.

The Sisters — Volume 2 Georg Ebers 1867