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, Hybris or Hubris (; , , ) was the spirit and personification of insolence. She embodied the manifestation of excessive

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leading to the defiance of the natural order and disrespect of the gods, which in turn resulted in

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Mythology

According to the mythographer

Apollodorus Apollodorus ( Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: :''Note: A ...

, the god

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"learned the art of prophecy from Pan, the son of

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and Hybris ()". Whether this Pan equates to Pan, the god of shepherds and flocks, who was usually said to be the son of

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, remains unclear.See Frazer's note 3 to Apollodoru
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Notes

References

, ''Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes'', Cambridge, Massachusetts,

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, London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
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* Parada, Carlos, ''Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology'', Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. . *

Pindar Pindar (; ; ; ) was an Greek lyric, Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes, Greece, Thebes. Of the Western canon, canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar i ...

, ''Odes'', Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990
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