Eirene at The Royal Cast Collection, Copenhagen

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Eirene, goddess of peace, was depicted with Ploutus, god of wealth, on her arm in 374 A.D., acquired 1894/1895, The Royal Cast Collection (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta from Autodesk. Eirene, also known as Peace, was one of the Horae, personifying peace. She was often depicted as a beautiful young woman holding a cornucopia, sceptre, and torch or rhyton. Her Roman equivalent was Pax. Ploutus was the ancient Greek god of wealth, son of Demeter and Iasion, who lay in a thrice-ploughed field with her. He was considered the "Divine Child" in the Eleusinian Mysteries. As restored from copies, this statue showed Eirene standing nearly frontal, with her weight on her left leg, and her right leg relaxed. She wore a peplos, a himation draped over both shoulders, long hair, some rolled around a taenia, with an ampyx revealing itself at the front, earrings made of metal, and thick-soled sandals. She turned her head in a 3/4-view, tilted down, to look at the baby Ploutos, personification of wealth, cradled in her left arm, along with a keras (horn of plenty). Ploutos, seated 3/4-view to the left, with legs crossed, wore a himation draped over his knees, lower legs, and thighs. He tilted his head in 3/4-back-view to the left, looking up at Eirene, reaching his right arm up to her, and his left arm down at his side. This statue was probably commissioned to celebrate either a peace made with Sparta in 374 B.C., after Timotheos' victory over the Spartans (also the founding of Eirene's cult in Athens) or the peace of Kallias in 371 B.C. Since an image of the statue is pictured on Panathenaic amphorae of 360/59 B.C., it must have been completed by then. Condition: Lost.