Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Eirene was particularly well regarded by the citizens of Athens. After a naval victory over Sparta in 375 BC, the Athenians established a cult for Peace, erecting altars to her. They held an annual state sacrifice to her after 371 BC to commemorate the Common Peace of that year and set up a votive statue in her honour in the Agora of Athens.
The Greek goddess Eirene, personification of peace, holds Plutos, the god of wealth, in her arms (Roman copy of a statue by Cephisodotus; Athens c. 370 BC. The idea of the Common Peace (Κοινὴ Εἰρήνη, Koinē Eirēnē) was one of the most influential concepts of 4th century BC Greek political thought, along with the idea of Panhellenism.
Eirene may refer to: Eirene (artist), 1st-century Greek artist; Eirene (daughter of Poseidon), in Greek mythology; Eirene, a genus of hydrozoans in the family Eirenidae; Eirene (goddess), the Greek personification of peace; Eirene (moon), a moon of Jupiter; Eirene (Rome character) Eirene of Montferrat, Byzantine Empress consort
Irene Moillen, Swiss para-alpine skier; Irène Molitor (1927–2018), Swiss alpine skier; Irene Molloy (born 1978), American actress, singer and songwriter; Irene Molyneux (1923–2019), English lawn bowls player; Irene Monaco, Italian Paralympic competitor; Irène Monesi, French writer; Irene Montalà (born 1976), Spanish actress
The genus name of Irenepharsus refers to the Greek mythological goddess of Eirene. [2] The genus was circumscribed by Helen Joan Hewson in 1982. Known species
Irene was born in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey), the second daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos and his first wife, possibly an unknown Palaiologina with a non-Greek mother, who became a nun with the name Irene. [1]
In Greek mythology, Eirene (/ aɪ ˈ r iː n i /; Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη, romanized: Eirḗnē, lit. 'Peace', Ancient Greek pronunciation: [eːrɛ̌ːnɛː]) or Irene, was a daughter of Poseidon and Melanthea, daughter of Alpheus. She gave her name to Eirene, a small island near the Peloponnese. [1]
The House of Eirene (Latin: Domus Eirene; Bulgarian: Резиденция Ейрене) is an ancient Roman peristyle house (a domus) with lavish mosaic floors in Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv), built in the middle of the 3rd century AD in the provincial capital of Thracia. It is named after the image of the Greek goddess Eirene (lit. "Peace ...