Caerus

"Opportunity, Advantage." The personified god of opportunity, luck, and favorable moments. At Olympia, close to the stadium there were two altars; one was called the altar of Hermes of the Games, the other the altar of Opportunity (Caeros). According to Pausanias, a hymn to Opportunity was one of the poems of Ion of Chios, and in the hymn Opportunity is made out to be the youngest child of Zeus.

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Iconography

Caerus was portrayed as a youth with a bald head and a single lock of hair on his forehead (which means that opportunity must be grasped as it approaches).

References

Source

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece v, 9.9.