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[148] [149] Images of Jesus as a healer replaced images of Asclepius and Hippocrates as the ideal physician. [149] Jesus, who was originally shown as clean-shaven, may have first been shown as bearded as a result of this syncretism with Asclepius, [150] [151] as well as other bearded deities such as Zeus and Serapis. [151]
Plato, in his Cratylus, gives a folk etymology of Zeus meaning "cause of life always to all things", because of puns between alternate titles of Zeus (Zen and Dia) with the Greek words for life and "because of". [24] This etymology, along with Plato's entire method of deriving etymologies, is not supported by modern scholarship. [25] [26]
The Romans regarded Jupiter as the equivalent of the Greek Zeus, [12] and in Latin literature and Roman art, the myths and iconography of Zeus are adapted under the name Jupiter. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Jupiter was the brother of Neptune and Pluto, the Roman equivalents of Poseidon and Hades respectively. Each presided over one of ...
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m (41 ft) tall, [1] made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. [citation needed]
Odysseus reuniting with his father, Laertes. Leemage/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesFather’s Day inspires mixed emotions for many of us. Looking at advertisements of happy families could ...
Scientists have re-created what they believe Jesus looked like, and he's not the figure we're used to seeing in many religious images. Forensic science reveals how Jesus really looked Skip to main ...
Most images of Jesus have in common a number of traits which are now almost universally associated with Jesus, although variants are seen. The conventional image of a fully bearded Jesus with long hair emerged around AD 300, but did not become established until the 6th century in Eastern Christianity , and much later in the West.