Orai   O reh

Harmony, Justice and Peace

The Orai — keepers of Heaven's Gate

There are three Hours: Eunomia (Harmony), Dyke (Justice) and Eirene (Peace).

The Orai assist the Olympians by organizing the Seasons and adding balance to Nature.

Their personal relations to the other immortals is only partially revealed, but in The Iliad, we see them personally attending Hera and her horses. They open the sky and Hera zooms from her home on Mount Olympos (Olympus) to Mount Ida (Iliad, book 5, line 749) to distract Zeus from the battle for Troy.

The Orai guard Mount Olympos with a dark veil and open and close the gates of the sky for the other immortals as they travel to and from their domains.

They are often confused with the Roman goddesses, the Horae.

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The Orai in The Iliad (listed by book and line)

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