1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Irene

Called Pax by the Romans, the goddess of peace, was, according to Hesiod, a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and one of the Horae. Pax is represented on coins as a youthful female, holding in her left hand a cornucopia, and in her right hand an olive branch, or the staff of Mercury.

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