• Source: Euthenia

      • Euthenia (; Greek: Ευσθένεια, Eustheneia) was the ancient Greek female spirit of prosperity. The Goddess contrasting her is Penia of poverty. Her sisters entailed Eucleia, Eupheme, and Philophrosyne. Along with her siblings, she was regarded as a member of the younger Charites. According to the Orphic fragments, her parents were Hephaestus and Aglaea.


      Cultural Significance


      As a symbol of prosperity and wealth she has been depicted across culture, often on coins and venerated through ritualistic practices.


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      On Roman coins, Euthenia is often compared to Abundantia, the personification of abundance and prosperity, and Annona, the personification of the grain supply to Rome.


      = Egypt

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      She is also a part of the Egyptian pantheon, though was later assimilated to tales related to Goddess Isis. During Ptolemaic times, she became the consort of Nilus. Her first appearance on Egyptian coins date back to the last decade of BC.


      References



      Kern, Otto, Orphicorum Fragmenta, Berlin, 1922. Scans at the Internet Archive, English translation at HellenicGods.org.

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