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Quies

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Personification of rest, peace, and tranquility, often contrasted with war or labor.

Detailed Definition
Quies symbolized the repose necessary for health and civic harmony. In poetry, she appears in pastoral, elegiac, or Augustan contexts as a blessing of the Pax Romana—invoked to celebrate the end of conflict or the simple joys of undisturbed domestic life.
Example
Example in poetry:
Quies, goddess of rest, appears in evening and death poetry: "Quies lays her hand on weary eyes—sleep, soldier"; In contrast to labor: "After Ceres’ toil, Quies offers peace"; A lullaby: "Quies, wrap the child in your soft cloak"; Symbol of peace: "Quies is the harbor after life’s storm"; In epitaphs: "Here lies one who found Quies at last."
Additional Notes
Quies (“Rest”) was the personification of peace, tranquility, and repose; she was invoked after labor or war; poets use her in evening hymns, laments, or epitaphs (“here lies one who found Quies”); she contrasts with Labor or Discordia; understanding Quies reveals the Roman ideal of earned peace—not idleness, but the calm after duty fulfilled—central to Roman ethical and poetic thought.
Also Known As
rest deity tranquility spirit peaceful calm
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