Horae

American  

[hawr-ee, hohr-ee] / ˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr i /

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).

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Horae British  

/ ˈhɔːriː /

plural noun

1. Also called: the Hours.  classical myth the goddesses of the seasons

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Etymology

Origin of Horae

From the Latin word Hōrae literally, hours

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Horae

Plantin’s four emblem-books of 1562, 1564, 1565, and 1566 were illustrated not with copper engravings, but with woodcuts; so was his Bible of 1566, so were his earlier Horae.

From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

He edited Kemble’s Horae Ferales, and wrote numerous memoirs on archaeological subjects.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

For his Missals and Breviaries as for his Horae Plantin sometimes used woodcuts, sometimes copperplates.

From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

His earlier Horae are also illustrated with woodcuts, and in at least one edition we find the unusual combination of woodcut borders and copperplate pictures.

From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard

Order and regularity being indispensable conditions of beauty, it was easy to conceive of the Horae as the goddesses of youthful bloom and grace, inseparably associated with the idea of springtime.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various