HOURS, Hore, in the ancient mythology, were certain goddesses, the daughters of Jupiter and Themis; at first only three in number, Eunomia, Dice, and Irene; to which were afterwards added two more, Carpo and Thallote.
Homer makes them the doorkeepers of heaven. Ovid allots them the employment of harnessing the sun:
Fungere equos Titan velocibus imperat Horis.
And speaks of them as standing, at equal distances, about the throne of Sol:
—et, postea spatia equilibus, Hore.
The poets represent them as dressed in fine coloured or embroidered robes, and gliding on with a quick and easy motion.