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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.
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]
Eirene or Irene (Greek: Ειρήνη) was an ancient Greek artist described by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century. She was the daughter of a painter, and created an image of a girl that was housed at Eleusis .
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
Roman copy of the Eirene (Glyptothek, Munich) Bust of Artemis Soteira of Cephisodotus the Elder, Roman copy of the 1st-2nd century CE (Pavia City Museums, Italy). Cephisodotus or Kephisodotos (Greek: Κηφισόδοτος, flourished c. 400 – c. 360 BC [1]) was a Greek sculptor, perhaps the father or an uncle of Praxiteles, one of whose sculptor sons was Cephisodotus the Younger.
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.
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 ...
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