Irene

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Eirene Statue – Greek Goddess of Peace Bust Sculpture - Roman Goddess Statue of Pax - Neoclassical A
Our astonishing Eirene Statue is the reduction of the head of a series original Roman copies. Among them, the most famous is currently exhibited in the Museum of Munich Glyptothek. The Roman versions were inspired by a lost Greek original votive statue from the Agora of Athens.Eirene, Irene - or Pax in Roman mythology - was the goddess of peace and wealth, with her sisters (Dike and Eunomia) forming the Horae. On the original Eirene statue, she is depicted gazing maternally at the young Plutus o
EIRENE - eirênê the goddess of peace
Eirene Greek Goddess of Peace | EIRENE - eirênê the goddess of peace
Virtuelles AntikenMuseum Goettingen - Statue der Eirene mit dem Plutosknaben
The statue of the goddess of peace Eirene, with Pluto carried in her arms, handed down in several Roman marble copies. The lost bronze original was probably erected shortly after 374 BC by the Athenians at the launch of its own cult for Eirene on the Agora. It came from the sculptor Kephisodotos, who was probably the father of Praxiteles. Both Eirene and Plutos by the Greeks of old were regarded as illustrative divine essence.
three sisters/chorae: EIRENE (peace) EUNOMIA (harmony) DIKE (righteousness/justice)
[Manip] Eirene - Goddess of peace
Eirene Goddess of Peace | Manip] Eirene - Goddess of peace
Hora, Horae
THE HORAI (Horae) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. They presided over the revolutions of the heavenly constellations by which the year was measured, while their three sisters, the Moirae (Moirae) spinned out the web of fate. The Horai also guarded the gates of Olympos and rallied the stars and constellations of heaven.