Orai O reh

Harmony, Justice and Peace
Orai in The Iliad (reference)
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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)

05.749 ...Hera leaves Mount Olympos (Olympus) in her chariot by the gates of the sky which were guarded by the Hours
05.750 ...The Hours have as their charge, the vast sky and Mount Olympos (Olympus), to open and close the dense darkness which guards the home of the Immortals
08.393 ...Hera and Athene (Athena) leave Mount Olympos (Olympus) in Hera’s chariot by the gates of the sky which were guarded by the Hours
08.394 ...The Hours have as their charge, the vast sky and Mount Olympos (Olympus), to open and close the dense darkness which guards the home of the Immortals
08.433 ...When Hera returned to Mount Olympos (Olympus), the Hours tended her horses and fed them ambrosia

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