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October 25, 2005
Irena (or "Eirene")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena
In Greek mythology, the Horae (Latin) or Horai (Greek; both words mean the "hours") were the three goddesses controlling orderly life. They were daughters of Zeus and Themis.
There were two generations of Horae: (note: this does not refer to generation in the traditional sense of the second group being offspring of the first; earlier writers recognized the first generation and later authors subscribed to the second.)
Eirene or Irene (Greek for 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.
Eirene 1 | Eirene 2 | Eirene 3
Posted by irena at October 25, 2005 11:17 AM