Horae
The Horae are goddesses of the seasons, and part of Helios' retinue. They help him yoke his chariot.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Described by Quintus Smyrnaeus as four seasonal goddesses, though most accounts give three Horae with different parentage.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ersa, Pandia, Endymion, Narcissus, Musaeus, Eumolpus, Triglav, Tridevi, Norns, Fates, Demeter Chloe, Zeus, Nemea, Lakshmi, Parvati, Charites, Saraswati, Hephaestus, Eos, Moirai, Erinyes, Matres, Mórrígan, Matronae, Parcae, Artemis (Diana), Theseus
- serves
- Hera
- manifested by
- Hersilia
Mentioned by
- Zeus
- Nemea
- Lakshmi
- Parvati
- Charites
- Saraswati
- Hephaestus
- Eos
- Moirai
- Erinyes
- Matres
- Mórrígan
- Matronae
- Parcae
- Artemis (Diana)
- Theseus
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“The Horae, goddesses of the seasons, are part of his retinue and help him yoke his chariot.”
#16710 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Quintus Smyrnaeus makes Selene, by her brother Helios, the mother of the Horae, goddesses and personifications of the four seasons; Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Quintus describes them as the four handmaidens of Hera”
#19022 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the Horae (Seasons, of which there were three in the ancient Hellenistic reckoning)”
#19082 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The motif of triple goddesses was widespread in ancient Europe; compare the Fates (including Moirai, Parcae, and Norns), the Erinyes, the Charites, the Morrígan, the Horae”
#27025 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The number of Horae varied according to different sources, but was most commonly three: either the trio of Thallo, Auxo, and Carpo (goddesses of the order of nature), or Eunomia (goddess of good order), Dike (goddess of Justice) and Eirene (goddess of Peace).”
#28613 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat