In Greek mythology, Hêbê was the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventas). She was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles. Her successor is the young Trojan prince Ganymede. She also drew baths for Ares and helped Hera enter her chariot.
In art, she was usually depicted wearing a sleeveless dress.
The name "Hebe" came from Greek work meaning "youth" or "prime of life".
In Roman mythology, Juventas ("youth") received a coin offering from boys when they put on the adult men's toga for the first time.
Juventas' mission dedicates us to finding performance opportunities for new pieces - the next opportunity is our 2007 Winter Tableau Concert Series.
The link with Images and Voices of Hope was created through Juventas' work with UpLifted, a public arts collaborative that IV of Hope is cosponsoring September 15 in Boston.
Juventas will be performing at 7pm in Seully Hall on September 15th.
JUVENTAS (Latin for "youth": later Juventus), in Romanmythology, the tutelar goddess of young men.
In the front court of the, temple of Minerva on the Capitol there was a chapel of Juventas, in which a coin had to be deposited by each youth on his assumption of the toga virilis, and sacrifices were offered on behalf of the rising manhood of the state.
In 207 Marcus Livius Salinator, after the defeat of Hasdrubal at the battle of Sena, vowed another temple to Juventas in the Circus Maximus, which was dedicated in 191 by C. (or M.) Licinius Lucullus; it was destroyed by fire in 16 B.C. and rebuilt by Augustus.
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