They were three Goddesses called Dike, Eunomia, and Eirene. ► Second Triad: In this variant, emphasising the “right order” aspect of the Horae. According to one of the Homeric Hymns, the attributes of spring-flowers, fragrance, and graceful freshness are accordingly transferred to the Horae thus they adorned Aphrodite as she rose from the sea, made a garland of flowers for Pandora, and even inanimate things are described as deriving peculiar charms from the Horae. The Hora of Spring, Thallo, accompanied Persephone every year on her ascent from Hades’ Underworld to meet his mother Demeter. Jane Ellen Harrisonasserts the existence of female trinities, discusses the Horae as chronological symbols representing the phases of the Moon and goes on to equate the Horae with the Seasons, the Graces and the Fates and the three seasons of the ancient Greek year. Period: Late Archaic (500 BC).Īs the Horae were conceived to promote the prosperity of every thing that grows, they appear also as the protectresses of youth. They were the goddesses of the three seasons the Greeks recognized: Spring ( Thallo), Summer ( Auxo) and Autumn ( Carpo).ĭetail of an attic vase, depicting the Three Horae (Seasons). Thus they were also sisters of the Three Fates (or Moirai) ![]() These three Horae, (Thallo, Auxo and Carpo) were the daughters of Zeus and Themis. ► First Triad: In one variant emphasizing their fruitful aspect, Thallo (Spring or new shoots), Auxo or Auxesia (Spring Growth, which equals to Summer), and Carpo (Autumn). The Horae are mentioned in two senses in Hesiod’s “Theogony” and the Homeric Hymns. ![]() Thy were also the ones who discovered Aphroditesoon after her sea-foam birth and saved her. Pursuant to Homer, who neither mentions their parents nor their number, they are the Olympian divinities of the weather and the ministers of Zeus and in this capacity they guard the doors of Olympus, and promote the fertility of the earth, by the various kinds of weather they send down. They were originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times they were regarded as goddesses of order in general and natural justice. The Horaewere the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. “Apollo and the Hours” by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1822).
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