Arke being thrown into Tartarus (Art by Markus Stadlober)
| “ | I haven't seen or heard from her in ages. The last time I ever saw her was when Zeus tore her wings off and threw her in Tartarus. Her screams...pleading and begging for me to help her...still haunts me to this day. I don't know if she's alive or dead...I don't know if she even wants to see me anymore after all that. | „ |
| ~ Iris |
Arke or Arce was a daughter of Thaumas and fraternal twin of Iris in Greek mythology. She is sometimes affiliated with the faded second rainbow sometimes seen in the shadow of the first.
Overview[]
During the Titanomachy, she sided with the Titans against the Olympian gods; she became the messenger for the Titans, while Iris became the messenger of the Olympian Gods.
When the Olympians won, Zeus punished Arke. She was deprived of her wings and cast into Tartarus, together with the vanquished Titans. Arke's wings were later given to Peleus and Thetis as a gift on their wedding day; Thetis later gave them to her son Achilles, which is thought to be the derivation of his surname Podarces (literally "swift-footed").