Horae
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.3|Dionysus leads the Horae. Dionysus carries his [[thyrsus, and the middle Hora hold ears of wheat. Neo-Attic Roman relief, c. 50–25 BC.]] In Greek mythology, the Horae (), Horai () or Hours (, ) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time.
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Function
- Names and numbers
- The earlier Argive Horae
- The classical Horae triads
- First triad
- Second triad
- Third triad
- The Four Seasons
- Modern influence
- The Hours
- The nine Hours
- The twelve Hours
- The twenty-four Hours
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|Dionysus leads the Horae. Dionysus carries his [[thyrsus, and the middle Hora hold ears of wheat. Neo-Attic Roman relief, c. 50–25 BC.]] In Greek mythology, the Horae (), Horai () or Hours (, ) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time.
==Etymology== The term hora comes from the Proto-Indo-European ("year").