Spes - Greek Elpis

Greek Elpis

The Greek counterpart of Spes was Elpis, who by contrast had no formal cult in Greece. The primary myth in which Elpis plays a role is the story of Pandora. The Greeks had ambivalent or even negative feelings about "hope", the concept was unimportant in the philosophical systems of the Stoics and Epicureans.

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