Hope

Hope is as old as Rome. Of course, older. Plautus' juxtaposition of Spes, Salus, Victoria, suggests that Hope (Spes) represents the first step towards salvation and final victory. [Clark, 1983] Spes is from Proto-Indo-European *spéh₁s (“prosperity”), from *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”); incidentally it's also a word in Icelandic meaning ‘special’ even ‘special in an odd way’.
In Greek mythology, Elpis (Ancient Greek: ἐλπίς) is the personification of the spirit of hope (usually seen as an extension to suffering by the Greeks, not as a god), perhaps a child of Nyx and mother of Pheme, the goddess of fame, renown and rumor (Unclear, who is who). She was depicted as a young woman, usually carrying flowers or cornucopia in her hands.