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"Peace"), [1] more commonly known in English as Peace, is one of the Horae, the personification and goddess of peace in Greek mythology and ancient religion. She was depicted in art as a beautiful young woman carrying a cornucopia , sceptre , and a torch or rhyton .
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]
Pax (Latin for Peace), more commonly known in English as Peace, was the Roman goddess of peace derived and adopted from the ancient Greek equivalent Eirene. [1] Pax was seen as the daughter of the Roman king god Jupiter and the goddess Justice .
The same or a different goddess may have been a daughter of Hermes and Aphrodite. Eirene (Εἰρήνη. "Peace"; the Roman equivalent was Pax) was the personification of peace and wealth, and was depicted in art as a beautiful young woman carrying a cornucopia, scepter, and a torch or rhyton.
God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) Oceanus: God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Φοίβη (Phoíbē) Phoebe
According to Greek mythology, she was the creator of the universe and was responsible for the birth of both humanity and the first race of gods the Titans. Cronus, god of the harvest. Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth; god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses. Cybele; Persephone; Rhea
Greek silver tetradrachm from Athens, c. 200 –150 BC. In Greek tradition, a hiketeria (ἱκετηρία) was an olive branch held by supplicants to show their status as such when approaching persons of power or in temples when supplicating the gods. [2] In Greek mythology, Athena competed with Poseidon for possession of Athens.
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