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According to one account the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, and wife of Cadmus. With Cadmus, she was the mother of Ino, Polydorus, Autonoe, Agave and Semele.

When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia to wife. All the gods honoured the wedding with their presence. Cadmus (or one of the gods) presented the bride with a robe and necklace, the work of Hephaestus. This necklace brought misfortune to all who possessed it. With it Polynices bribed Eriphyle to persuade her husband AmphiarausIn Greek mythology, Amphiaraus or Amphiaraos ("doubly-cursed") was the son of Oicles and husband of Eriphyle. Amphiaraus was the King of Argos along with Adrastus, brother of Eriphyle, and Iphis. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the Seven Aga to undertake the expedition against ThebesSeven Against Thebes is a play by Aeschylus concerning the battle between Eteocles and the army of Thebes and Polynices and his supporters, traditional Theban enemies. When Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to his two sons, Eteoc. This led to the death of Eriphyle, of AlcmaeonIn Greek mythology, Alcmaeon or Alkmaon was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the Seven Against Thebes raid, though he knew he would die. Eriphyle was convinced to support the battle by Polynices, who offere, of PhegeusA Greek King, Phegeus offered succor and his daughter, Alphesiboea, to Alcmaeon, who was fleeing from the Erinyes. Alcmaeon left his mother's, Eriphyle's, jewelry and clothing with him and then returned for it later in order to please the river god Achelo and his sons.

Even after the necklace had been deposited in the temple of Athena Pronoia at DelphiThis article is about the city of Delphi. For other meanings, see the disambiguation page on "Delphi". Delphi is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. In ancient times it was the site of the Delphic Oracle, dedicated to the god Apollo. Delph, its baleful influence continued. Phayllus , one of the Phocian leaders in the Sacred War (352 B.C.) carried it off and gave it to his mistress. After she had worn it for a time, her son was seized with madness and set fire to the house, and she perished in the flames.

According to another account, Harmonia was from to SamothraceSamothrace (in Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) is an island in Greece, in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a self-governing deme in the district of Evros in the province of East Macedonia and Thrace. It is only and was the daughter of Zeus and ElectraThis article is about the Greek mythological personalities, for other meanings see Electra (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, several persons were named Electra (also spelled Elektra : # Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, mother of Dardanus, Iasion and Ha, her brother IasionIn Greek mythology, Iasion or Iasus was usually the son of Electra and Zeus and brother of Dardanus. Iasion founded the mystic rites on the island of Samothrace. With Demeter, he was the father of Plutus. Because of his hubris, Iasion was killed by Zeus w being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island.

Finally, Harmonia is rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman Concordia.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica

Harmonia is also a research project in UC Berkeley to make an open interactive programming tools (like IDE); see Harmonia research project.

Harmonia is also the name of a German Krautrock band that existed during the mid-1970s. The core group consisted of Hans-Joachim Roedelius , Dieter Moebius , and Michael Rother . Brian Eno once referred to them as "the world's most important rock group".