Eirene - Eirene

Japanese: エイレネ - えいれね

…In the singular, it is called Hōra, and is the origin of the English word hour. According to Hesiod's Theogony, they are the three goddesses Eunomia (order), Dikē (justice), and Eirēnē (peace), whose parents were Zeus and Themis (law). In general, they are considered to be goddesses who come with the change of seasons and make plants grow and bloom. In the Attic region, they were called Auxō (growth), Thallō (flowering), and Karpō (fruit). Later, in the Hellenistic period, the four seasons (originally the year was divided into three seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, but the word autumn began to be used from the middle of the 5th century BC) themselves came to be called Hōrai, and in artworks they were depicted with items symbolizing each season.

From "Roman Peace"

…the peace established in the Mediterranean world during the Roman period is called Pax Romana, or Roman peace. Pax is the Latin translation of the Greek word eirēnē, meaning peace, and its personification, the goddess Eirene, was worshiped in Athens as early as the first half of the 4th century BCE. In Rome, she was first worshipped during the time of Augustus.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Eirene" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…単数ではホーラHōraといい，英語hour(〈時間〉)の語源。ヘシオドスの《神統記》によれば，ゼウスとテミス(〈掟〉)を両親とするエウノミアEunomia(〈秩序〉)，ディケDikē(〈正義〉)，エイレネEirēnē(〈平和〉)の3女神とされるが，一般には季節の移り変りとともに訪れて，植物を生長させ，花を咲かせる女神たちと考えられ，アッティカ地方ではアウクソAuxō(〈成長〉)，タロThallō(〈花盛り〉)，カルポKarpō(〈実り〉)と呼ばれた。その後ヘレニズム時代になると，春夏秋冬の四季(もともと一年は春夏冬の三季に分けられたが，前5世紀中ごろより〈秋〉の語が使われ出す)そのものもホーライと呼ばれるようになり，美術作品ではそれぞれの季節を象徴する持物とともに表現された。…

【ローマの平和】より

…ローマ時代に樹立された地中海世界の平和を〈パクス･ローマーナ〉，すなわち〈ローマの平和〉と呼ぶ。パクスとは平和を意味するギリシア語エイレネeirēnēのラテン語訳で，それを擬人化した女神エイレネは遅くも前4世紀前半にはアテナイで祭祀を受けていた。ローマではアウグストゥスの時代に初めて礼拝されるようになる。…

※「エイレネ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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