Elpis

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Elpis is the personification of hope in Greek mythology, often depicted as the lone positive spirit remaining in Pandora’s jar.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elpis canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity ⓘ
daimona ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
personification ⓘ
appearsIn Hesiod’s account of Pandora ⓘ
associatedConcept hope ⓘ
associatedMyth Pandora ⓘ
associatedObject Pandora’s box ⓘ
Pandora’s jar ⓘ
category Greek goddesses ⓘ
Greek personifications ⓘ
Hope deities ⓘ
conceptualOpposite despair ⓘ
contrastWith the evils released from Pandora’s jar ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depictedAs female spirit ⓘ
young woman ⓘ
domain human expectations of the future ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
greekName Ἐλπίς ⓘ
linked to: Надежда
iconographyTheme last remaining spirit in a container of evils ⓘ
influenceOnLaterTradition inspired later allegorical figures of Hope in Western art ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
literarySource Hesiod’s Works and Days ⓘ
meaningOfName hope ⓘ
moralAmbiguity can represent both positive and deceptive hope in Greek thought ⓘ
moralSymbolism remaining positive spirit amid evils ⓘ
mythology Greek mythology ⓘ
personificationOf hope ⓘ
philosophicalReception discussed in ancient debates about whether hope is good or harmful ⓘ
relatedTerm elpis (common noun for hope in Ancient Greek) ⓘ
residenceInMyth inside Pandora’s jar ⓘ
roleInMyth personification of hope remaining in Pandora’s jar ⓘ
statusAfterMyth remains with humankind ⓘ
symbol anchor ⓘ
cornucopia ⓘ
flower ⓘ
transliteration Elpis ⓘ
worshipStatus minor deity ⓘ
worshipType abstract personification rather than major Olympian goddess ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moros → contrastedWith → Elpis ⓘ
Elpis → transliteration → Elpis ⓘ