Editing Horae (section)

==== First triad ====
[[File:"Ausschließlich Fundstücke und Objekte von der Akropolis von Athen" werden hier ausgestellt. 09.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Marble reliefs of two female figures, who may be Horae, [[Acropolis Museum]], [[Athens]]<ref>[[Acropolis Museum]], [https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/relief-plaque-depicting-female-dancer-0 EAM 259], [https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/relief-plaque-depicting-female-dancer EAM 260].</ref>]]
Of the first, more familiar, triad associated with [[Aphrodite]] and Zeus is their origins as emblems of times of life, growth (and the classical three seasons of year):
* Thallo (Θαλλώ, from θάλλειν (''thallein'' 'to sprout, grow', esp. fruit trees)<ref>{{cite dictionary
| title = θάλλω, ‘’v’’. | dictionary = A Greek-English Lexicon | editor1-last = Liddell | editor1-first = Henry |editor2-last=Scott |editor2-first=Robert |publisher=Clarendon Press | date = 1940 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dqa%2Fllw}}</ref> or Thalatte was the goddess of [[spring (season)|spring]], buds and blooms, a protector of youth.
* Auxo (Αὐξώ, from αὐξάνειν (''auxanein'', 'to increase')<ref>{{cite dictionary
| title = αὐξάνω, ‘’v’’. | dictionary = A Greek-English Lexicon | editor1-last = Liddell | editor1-first = Henry |editor2-last=Scott |editor2-first=Robert |publisher=Clarendon Press | date = 1940 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dau)ca%2Fnw}}</ref> or Auxesia was worshipped (alongside [[Hegemone]]) in [[Athens]] as one of their two [[Charites]], Auxo was the Charis of spring and Hegemone was the Charis of autumn. One of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of [[summer]]; she is the protector of vegetation and plants, and growth and fertility.
* Carpo (Καρπώ, from καρπῶν (''karpōn'') 'to bear fruit')<ref>{{cite dictionary
| title = καρπόω, ‘’v’’. | dictionary = A Greek-English Lexicon | editor1-last = Liddell | editor1-first = Henry |editor2-last=Scott |editor2-first=Robert |publisher=Clarendon Press | date = 1940 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkarpo%2Fw}}</ref> Carpho, Xarpo or Damia (not to be mistaken with [[Karpos]]) was the one who brings food and was in charge of [[autumn]], [[ripening]], and [[harvest]]ing, as well as guarding the way to [[Mount Olympus (Mountain)|Mount Olympus]] and letting back the clouds surrounding the mountain if one of the gods left. She was an attendant to [[Persephone]], [[Aphrodite]], and [[Hera]], and was also associated with [[Dionysus]], [[Apollo]], and [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]].

At Athens, two Horae: Thallo (the Hora of spring) and Carpo (the Hora of autumn), also appear in rites of [[Attica]] noted by [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] in the 2nd century AD.<ref>Pausanias, 9.35.2</ref><ref name=":0">[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#183 183]</ref>