Eirene (goddess)

Eirene / Irene
Eirene / Irene
Goddess of peace
Member of The Horae
	Statue of Eirene with the infant Ploutos: Roman marble copy of bronze votive statue by Cephisodotus the Elder, now in the Glyptothek, Munich.
Symbol	cornucopia, sceptre, torch, rhyton
Personal information
Parents	Zeus and Themis
Siblings	Eunomia, Dike, the Moirae, several paternal half-siblings
Equivalents
Roman equivalent	Pax

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Eirene or Irene (/aɪˈriːniː/; Greek: Εἰρήνη, Ëirene, [eːrɛ́ːnɛː], lit. "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. She is usually said to be the daughter of Zeus and Themis and thus sister of Dike and Eunomia. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Pax.

^ Beekes, R. S. P. (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Brill. p. 391. No etymology; Pre-Greek origin is very probable, principally because of the ending

Eirene / Irene
Goddess of peace
Member of The Horae
Statue of Eirene with the infant Ploutos: Roman marble copy of bronze votive statue by Cephisodotus the Elder, now in the Glyptothek, Munich.
Symbol	cornucopia, sceptre, torch, rhyton
Personal information
Parents	Zeus and Themis
Siblings	Eunomia, Dike, the Moirae, several paternal half-siblings
Equivalents
Roman equivalent	Pax