god
Iris
also: Ἶρις, golden-winged Iris, wind-footed Iris
Goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods; Zeus sends her first to summon Demeter back to Olympus (Hymn 2) and earlier to fetch Eileithyia to Leto's childbed (Hymn 3).
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §2.293 Iris
Goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods; Zeus sends her first to summon Demeter back to Olympus (Hymn 2) and earlier to fetch Eileithyia to Leto's childbed (Hymn 3).
- The Iliad §2.784 Iris
Goddess of the rainbow, the gods' messenger; she carries commands and warnings between Olympus and the battlefield throughout the poem, often at Zeus's order.
Mentioned in 2 works (31 mentions)
The Iliad
- §2.784 Iris
- §2.791 Iris
- §3.111 Iris
- §5.352 Iris
- §5.363 Iris
- §8.381 golden-winged Iris
- §8.409 Iris
- §8.413 Iris
- §11.158 golden-winged Iris
- §11.195 Iris
- §11.200 Iris
- §15.142 Iris
- §15.146 Iris
- §15.158 Iris
- §15.168 Iris
- §15.185 Iris
- §15.206 Iris
- §15.49 Iris
- §18.145 Iris
- §18.182 Iris
- §18.188 Iris
- §18.197 Iris
- §23.184 Iris
- §24.139 Iris
- §24.159 Iris
- §24.77 Iris
- §24.93 Iris