("Works and Days", 182 ff.) with its catalogue of wrongdoings and violence ever increasing until
Aidos and Nemesis are forced to leave mankind who thenceforward shall have `no remedy against evil'.
Charmides' next definition moves only slightly away from hesuchia to
aidos, modesty.
Aidos: The Psychology and Ethics of Honour and Shame in Ancient Greek Literature.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus had a daughter named
Aidos. She was the goddess of modesty, reverence, and respect.
The operative force here is moral shame,
aidos, which may be defined briefly as the emotional pain experienced when an impulse, an intention, or an action violates an ethical norm and thus threatens to incur the disapproval of a revered individual or group.
"Shame" (generally aiskhune, sometimes
aidos, although the latter has a wider extension and often carries a positive connotation, a sense of respect for oneself and others that prevents one from committing shameful acts) is "a pain or disturbance concerning those ills, present, pastor future that are perceived as leading to disgrace" (p.
Rome and Johannesburg:
AIDOS and Women's Health Project.