Hilaritas

An allegorical goddess of cheerfulness, good-humor, rejoicing. She is similar to eudaemonia, the Aristotelian concept of happiness.

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Iconography

She is represented on Roman imperial coins as a standing female figure, holding a palm branch in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left. On some coins she is flanked by a child.

References

Source

  • Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Band 8. (1859). Altenburg, p. 372.