Hybris - Goddess of Reckless Pride _Sara W

was the goddess or spirit (daimon) of insolence, violence, wantonness, reckless pride, arrogance and outrageous behaviour in general.

Pindar, Fragment 2 (trans. Sandys) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) :
"Hybris (Insolence) is the ruin of cities . . . Never may shameless Hybris bring faction in her train and seize the company of citizens, when they have forgotten their courage."

Aesop, Fables 533 (from Babrius 70) (trans. Gibbs) (Greek fable C6th B.C.) :
"The gods were getting married. One after another, they all got hitched, until finally it was time for Polemos (War) to draw his lot, the last of the bachelors. Hybris (Reckless Pride) became his wife, since she was the only one left without a husband. They say Polemos loved Hybris with such abandon that he still follows her everywhere she goes. So do not ever allow Hybris to come upon the nations or cities of mankind, smiling fondly at the crowds, because Polemos (War) will be coming right behind her."