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During the Titanomachy, Iris was the messenger of the Olympian gods while her sister Arke betrayed the Olympians and became the messenger of the gods' enemy, the Titans. She is the goddess of the rainbow. She also serves nectar to the goddesses and gods to drink. Zephyrus, who is the god of the west wind, is often said to be her consort.
The original sculpture depicted the Greek goddess Iris as a woman, with sweeping wings, and legs spread wide. The pose recalls the uncompromising painting L'Origine du monde (1866) by Gustave Courbet (held in a private collection and still little unknown in 1890, but Rodin may have become acquainted with it through Edmond de Goncourt: Courbet's work gained wider exposure after being acquired ...
Ceto (Κῆτώ), goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters; Eosphorus (Ἑωσφόρος) Eurybia (Εὐρυβία), daughter of Pontus and Gaia; Hecate (Ἑκάτη), goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, the Moon, ghosts, and necromancy; Iris (Ίρις), goddess of the rainbow and divine messenger
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Iris, goddess of the rainbow and messenger of Hera, could travel to Hades and return; Persephone, often seen as a goddess of spring and new growth was believed to spend part of her time in the underworld, and part on earth [8] Mercury was a god of travellers, like his Greek equivalent Hermes.
The goddess Arke was born to Thaumas, a minor god; no mother of hers is mentioned anywhere. [1] [a] She and her sister Iris were both messenger deities; Iris is notably also the goddess of the rainbow, but unlike her Arke has not got any established connection to rainbows. Like Iris however Arke also sported wings which might be a nod to some ...
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According to Hesiod, Thaumas's wife was Electra (one of the Oceanids, the many daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys), by whom he fathered Iris (the messenger of the gods), Arke (formerly the messenger of the Titans), and the Harpies. [2] The names of Thaumas's Harpy daughters vary. Hesiod and Apollodorus name them: Aello and Ocypete.