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The iconography of several personifications "maintained a remarkable degree of continuity from late antiquity until the 18th century". [9] Female personifications tend to outnumber male ones, [10] at least until modern national personifications, many of which are male.
Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma , a female deity who personified the city of Rome and his dominion over the territories of the Roman Empire .
In ancient Roman religion and myth, the Parcae (singular, Parca) were the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods. They are often called the Fates in English, and their Greek equivalent were the Moirai. They did not control a person's actions except when they are born, when they die, and how ...
Articles relating to the Parcae, the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods. They are often called the Fates in English, and their Greek equivalent were the Moirai. They did not control a person's actions except when they are born, when they die, and how much they suffer.
The earliest type of personification of the Americas, seen in European art from the 16th century onwards, reflected the tropical regions in South and Central America from which the earliest European travelers reported back. Such images were most often used in sets of female personifications of the four continents. America was depicted as a ...
Higham, John (1990). "Indian Princess and Roman Goddess: The First Female Symbols of America", Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 100: 50–51, JSTOR or PDF; Le Corbeiller, Clare, "Miss America and Her Sisters: Personifications of the Four Parts of the World", The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 19, pp. 210–223, PDF
Roma, a female deity who personified the city of Rome; Soter (Σωτήρ), male spirit of safety, preservation, and deliverance from harm; Soteria (Σωτηρία), female personification of safety, preservation, and deliverance from harm; Sophrosyne (Σωφροσύνη), spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion
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