InGreek mythology,Aergia (/eɪˈɜːrdʒə/;Ancient Greek:Ἀεργία, 'inactivity')^[1] is the personification ofsloth, idleness, indolence andlaziness. She is the translation of theLatin Socordia, or Ignavia: the name was translated into Greek becauseHyginus mentioned her being based on a Greek source, and thus she can be considered as both a Greek and Roman goddess.^{[citation needed]} Aergia's opposite character isHorme, a goddess of effort.

Aergia was the daughter of theprimordial deitiesAether andGaia.^[2]

According toStatius, Aergia was said to be the 'torpid' guard in the court ofHypnos (Sleep) in theUnderworld.^[3]

"In] the hollow recesses of a deep and rocky cave . . . [are] set the halls of lazySomnus/ Hypnos (Sleep) and his untroubled dwelling. The threshold is guarded by shadyQuies/ ?Hesychia (Quiet) and dullOblivio/Lethe (Forgetfulness) and torpid Ignavia/ Aergia (Sloth) with ever drowsy countenance.Otia/ Acratus (Ease) andSilentia/ ?Hesychia (Silence) with folded wings sit mute in the forecourt. . ."^[4]

• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius,The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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