Civilisation
For the Summoning the Pantheon Challenge
Sing, O Muses, of Society's four pillars!
Of bright Themis, she who is Law and Fairness.
Mother of the Horae, bringing structure.
Of Eunomia, lawful conduct,
Good Order, governance by law.
Of Eirene, who is Peace
And the wealth it brings.
Of Dike, Justice,
The rule of Men,
Without them
All will
Fall.
In Greek Mythology, there is some disagreement over who the Horae actually were. One trio is Thallo, goddess of Spring and blossoms, Auxo, who represented summer and the growing season, and Carpo, Autumn and the harvest. For obvious reasons, they were mostly worshiped in rural farming areas.
The other trio are Eunomia (Good Order), Eirene (Peace) and Dike (Justice), who were more popular in the great cities like Athens, Argos and Olympia.
The Horae are also where we get the word Horology, the study of Time.
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Natasja Rose
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Comments (2)
If I had characters of myth not on my bingo card for people to reference in this challenge, the Horae would be some of them! I love you used them and the way you crafted it to be about society and what holds us up! Ahhh so good! 🩷 Can definitely smell another Greek Myth nerd haha! and absolutely love the context/explanation about the version disagreements (which to be fair a lot of Myths have, so really useful!) Thank you for entering the challenge! 🩷🩷🩷 Loved your poem!
This is a lovely poem about the pillars that hold up society (something that I think we could really use a reminder of right now). I also really enjoyed the mythology/history lesson at the end. It helped to put the poem into context and, well, I just really like learning about things like Greek mythology. Well done!