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, Amechania or Amekhania (

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: Àμηχανίην) was the spirit of impossibility. She was regarded as a close companion (and sister) of Penia and Ptocheia. She was virtually identical to

Aporia In philosophy, an aporia () is a conundrum or state of puzzlement. In rhetoric, it is a declaration of doubt, made for rhetorical purpose and often feigned. The notion of an aporia is principally found in ancient Greek philosophy, but it also p ...

. Amechania was mentioned by ancient Greek authors such as Alcaeus and

Herodotus Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the '' Histori ...

, '' Histories'' 8.111.1

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References

, ''The Histories'' with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library
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'', Band I, Halbband 2, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1894
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