Astraea Goddess of innocence
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Astraea Goddess of innocence
Astraea was the goddess of innocence in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Astraeus, god of dusk, and Eos, goddess of dawn.
Astraea's Name
Astraea's name meant "star-maiden" and she was on the earth alongside humans during the Golden Age of Man. When the Iron Age dawned, bringing along misery and wickedness, Astraea abandoned the earth and went to the skies where she transformed into the constellation Virgo.
Astraea and Dike
She was closely linked to the goddess Dike, protector of fair judgment; this relationship was also identified on the sky, where Libra, the symbolic representation of Dike, lies nearby Virgo.
Astraea's return to earth
According to the myth, when Astraea returns to Earth one day, she will once again bring the utopia that was during the Golden Age, bringing an end to human suffering.
Eirene Goddess of peace
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Eirene Goddess of peace
Eirene was the goddess of peace and the season of spring. She was the daughter of the gods Zeus and Themis, and was depicted as a young lady carrying a cornucopia, a torch and a sceptre. The Athenians had a high regard for Eirene and had erected altars in her honour. There was also a statue that was erected in the Agora of Athens after a naval victory against the Spartans. The original statue was destroyed, but there is a surviving copy; it shows Eirene holding the god of plenty, Pluto, on her left arm, while her missing right arm once held a sceptre. The statue symbolised that prosperity (Pluto) arrives when there is peace.
Morpheus God of dreams
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Morpheus God of dreams
Morpheus was a god of dreams who appeared in the literary work Metamorphoses of the Roman poet Ovid. He was the son of Somus and had a thousand siblings. He had the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams, but his actual form was that of a winged daemon.
Elpis Goddess of hope
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Elpis Goddess of hope
Elpis was the personification of hope in Greek mythology, the daughter of the primordial deity Nyx. She was the mother of Pheme, goddess of fame and rumour. She was usually represented as a young lady bearing flowers or a cornucopia. Elpis did not play a major role in the Greek myths, except the myth of Pandora, in which she remained locked in the box when Pandora open it and unleashed all bad things in the world. Hope was not an important aspect for ancient Greeks, who sometimes perceived it as negative.
Achlys Goddess of the mist of death
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Achlys Goddess of the mist of death
The Achlys is an ancient Greek Goddess who is considered to be the symbol of the mist of death. It is mentioned in some of the old cosmogonies that she was the eternal night that lied before the chaos.
As per Hesiod, Achlys was the representation of hopelessness and pity, and as such, she was spoken to on the shield of Heracles: pale, thin, and sobbing, with prattling teeth, swollen knees, long nails on her fingers, grisly cheeks, and her shoulders thickly secured with dust.
Description of Achlys
Achly is a terrible figure in all portrayals.