Elpis is the personification and daimon of hope within the framework of Greek mythology. Unlike many other figures in the pantheon, she was viewed with significant ambivalence by the Greeks, reflecting a complex cultural attitude toward the nature of expectation and desire.
She did not possess a formal cult or organized religious following, which distinguishes her from her Roman counterpart, Spes. Instead, Elpis remains primarily a literary and symbolic figure, appearing frequently in aetiological myths that seek to explain the origins of human conditions and divine interactions.