I have let those hidden in the beet escape me!’ And won't we laugh? ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. you are so ignorant you don't understand the will of the gods and you make a treaty, you, who are men, with apes, who are full of malice? Hierokles : The tongue is cut separately. After the victory, the people of Athens created alters throughout the city to honor her. Trygaios : Don't talk, for it is divine Eirene (Peace) to whom we are sacrificing. Eirene's name is the Greek word for peace (eirênê) but it is also closely connected with the word for spring (eiar, eiarinos). (He goes into the house.) Trygaios : Oh! Trygaios : There! Vellacott) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) Come, labourers, merchants, workmen, artisans, strangers, whether you be domiciled or not, islanders, come here, Greeks of all countries, come hurrying here with picks and levers and ropes! . The goddess of peace. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) 2 (trans. ", Ovid, Fasti 1. those who invoke the goddess Dike (Justice)] to strangers and to the men of the land, and go not aside from what is just, their city flourishes, and the people prosper in it: Eirene (Irene, Peace), the nurse of children, is abroad in their land, and all-seeing Zeus never decrees cruel war against them. Page, Vol. She was one of the three Horai (Horae), deities of the seasons and keepers of the gates of heaven. ", Greek Lyric V Anonymous, Fragment 1021 (from Theogorus the Metochite, Miscellany) : Servant (going in ahead of him) : I'll take care of them. . I take this fire-brand first and plunge it into the water. Trygaios : Don't I look like a diviner preparing his mystic fire? . Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) Her sisters were Eunomia (Good Order) and Dike (Justice). . Yet these blessings we viciously neglect, embrace wars; man with man, city with city fights, the strong enslaves the weak. Campbell) (Greek lyric B.C.) . 2; Plut. "After the statues of the eponymoi [eponmous heroes, near the Tholos in Athens] come statues of gods, Amphiaraus, and Eirene (Irene, Peace) carrying the boy Ploutos (Plutus, Wealth). Trygaios : At least the women got none. why art thou silent? : Pindar, Olympian Ode 4. . Hierokles : Bring the tongue hither. : All is as quiet as if Eirene (Peace) had been reigning for a century. Trygaio s: Oh! They did so to honor the goddess and thank her for the peace that resulted after they won that victory. (Suet. ", Aristophanes, Peace 205 ff (trans. In ancient Greece late spring was the traditional campaign season, the time when peace was most at risk. Heave away, heave! : . Hermes : Because of their wrath against the Greeks, they [the gods] have located Polemos [Daimon of War] in the house they occupied themselves and have given him full power to do with you exactly as he pleases; then they went as high up as ever they could, so as to see no more of your fights and to hear no more of your prayers. Fairclough) (Roman bucolic C1st B.C.) Her physical appearance was also directly related to her status as the goddess of peace and of the spring. With her come Opora (Late-Summer) and Theoria (Embassy). Eunomia, Dike and Eirene], decked in their wreaths, have given the glory of the victor's triumph for supreme valour in the sacred games. The Horae of Greek mythology were Eirene, the goddess of peace and of spring and her sisters, Eunomia, the goddess of the law and of the green pastures of spring, and Dike, the goddess of justice and order. . : Euripides, Suppliant Women 484 ff (trans. "The names of the Horae, daughters of Jove [Zeus], son of Saturn [Kronos (Cronus)], and Themis, daughter Titanidis (Titaness), are these : Auxo, Eunomia (Order), Pherusa, Carpo (Fruit), Dice (Justice), Euporia, Irene (Peace), Orthosie, Thallo. (The Servant departs.) O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) ", Pindar, Olympian Ode 4. Although Athena was the patron goddess of the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens, other gods and goddesses were worshipped there, as well. Chorus (singing) : You have braved a thousand dangers to save your sacred town. These are the wishes, mighty goddess, which we pray thee to grant. "Listen, Moirai (Moirae, Fates) ... hear our prayers ... send us rose-bloomed Eunomia (Good Order) and her bright-throned sisters Dike (Justice) and garland-wearing Eirana (Eirene, Peace), and make this city forget its heavy-hearted misfortunes. So that our vineyards, our young fig-tree woods and all our plantations hail thee with delight and smile at thy coming . Eirene is the Greek goddess of peace, and was numbered among the Horae. (He is about to go into the house.) Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Hesiod, Works and Days 212 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) Here are the legs, place them upon the altar. Eirene Greek goddess of peace was said to be the daughter of Zeus and Themis. 709 ff (trans.Boyle) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. 425 ff (trans. Servant : Yes, by Hermes! 113) (Greek elegiac C1st B.C.) if Polemos (War) should hear your shouts of joy he would bound forth from his retreat in fury. : Aristophanes, Peace 205 ff (trans. 13.) Trygaios : Silence! : Hush the noise of battle, be a true Lysimakha (Lysimache) to us. She says, that after the affair of Pylos she came to you unbidden to bring you a basket full of truces and that you thrice repulsed her by your votes in the assembly. A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page. Answer me. So that I don't know whether you will ever see Eirene (Irene, Peace) again. much desired Eirene (Peace)! Select Papyri III, No. "It was a clever idea of these artists to place Ploutos (Plutus, Wealth) in the arms of Tykhe (Tyche, Fortune), and so to suggest that she is his mother or nurse. ", Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 183 (trans. 13 (trans. Eirene The Greek Peace Goddess Areas of Influence: Eirene was the Greek peace Goddess. Trygaios : Wise Homer has also said: ‘He who delights in the horrors of civil war has neither country nor laws nor home.’ What noble words! to C1st A.D.) : Hierokles : Come, cut off the first offering and make the oblation. venerated goddess, who givest us our grapes [Opora, late summer], where am I to find the ten-thousand-gallon words wherewith to greet thee? Trygaios : The libation! Statues of the goddess often depict her as a maiden holding the infant Ploutos (Plutus) (Wealth) in her arms. Other references not currently quoted here: Cicero On the Nature of the Gods 3.61, Inscriptiones Graecum 3.170. The Athenians had a high regard for Eirene and had erected altars in her honour. Trygaios : Let us beware lest the cursed Kerberos (Cerberus) prevent us even from the nethermost hell from delivering the goddess by his furious howling, just as he did when on earth. Eirene (also Irene), in Greek mythology, the goddess of peace and either the nurse or mother of Plutus, the god of wealth. And I praise this goddess; for she honours a city that reposes in a life of quiet, and augments the admired beauty of its houses, so that they surpass in prosperity the neighbours who are their rivals), nor yet to engender it. Campbell) (Greek lyric B.C.) 121 (2b)) (Greek Epic C3rd B.C.) . (To Trygaios) Come then, what must be done? Who is here? hail to thee, Opora, and thee, Theoria! After the victory of Timotheus over the Lacedaemonians, altars were erected to her at Athens at the public expense. Heave away, heave! ", Anonymous, Epigram (trans. They also put a bronze statue of Eirene in the Athenian Agora and held an annual ceremony in the city to honor her. Worship, adore the goddess for restoring you so many blessings. "January 30 Nefastus Publicus. Eirene was the personification of peace in Greek mythology, and belonged to the Horae, goddesses of seasons and time. Her role as a balancer. And they earnestly desire land for ploughing, abandoning the martial trumpet. Trygaios (to the Servant Who has returned with the libations) : Look out, slave! Hermes : And how could she speak to the spectators? on Eirene – Greek Goddess of Peace and the Spring Season, Parmenides – Eleatic Philosopher of Ancient Greece, Saint Methodius Orthodox Saint History and Name Day Information. Servant (returning) : Well then, here I am. In Greek mythology, Eirene’s main function is that she was the personification of peace. Heave away, heave! Eirene (Peace), mighty queen, venerated goddess, thou, who presidest over Choruses and at nuptials, deign to accept the sacrifices we offer thee. She is often shown carrying an infant, Plutus, who became the Greek god of wealth when grown and was also associated with Demeter and Tykhe. Leader of the Chorus (to Eirene) : Oh, thou, whom men of standing desired and who art good to husbandmen, I have gazed upon thee with delight; and now I go to greet my vines, to caress after so long an absence the fig trees I planted in my youth. Yes, yes, I understand. Trygaios : This grand oracle of Homer's: ‘Thus vanished the dark war-clouds and we offered a sacrifice to new-born Eirene (Peace). Peace's missing right hand once held a sceptre. (To Eirene) Oh! hail! 183) Trygaios (coming out of his hiding-place) : . O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) Let there be no enemies, no cause for triumph; you'll give our leaders more glory than war.