1. The goddess of peace. After the victory of Timothcus over the Lacedaemonians, altars were
erected to her at Athens at the public expense. (Corn. Nep. Timoth. 2;
Plut. Cim. 13.) Her statue at Athens stood by the side of that
of Amphiaraus, carrying in its arms Plutus, the god of wealth (Paus.
1.8.3), and another stood near that of Hestia in the Prytaneion. (1.18.3.) . At Rome
too, where peace (Pax) was worshipped, she had a magnificent temple, which was built by the
emperor Vespasian. (Suet. Vespas. 9 ; Paus.
6.9.1.) The figure of Eirene or Pax occurs only on coins, and she is there represented
as a youthful female, holding in her left arm a cornucopia and in her right hand an olive
branch or the staff of Hermes. Sometimes also she appears in the act of burning a pile of
arms, or carrying corn-ears in her hand or upon her head. (Hirt, Mythol.
Bilderb. ii. p. 104.)