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Caelus and Dies were in this tradition the parents of Mercury. [8] With Trivia, Caelus was the father of the distinctively Roman god Janus, as well as of Saturn and Ops. [9] Caelus was also the father of one of the three Jupiters, the fathers of the other two being Aether and Saturn instead. [10]
The quotes were chiefly from literary sources. A "miscellaneous" section followed, including quotations in English from politicians and scientists, such as "fifty-four forty or fight!". A section of translations followed, including mainly quotes from the ancient Greeks and Romans. The last section was devoted to the Bible and the Book of Common ...
In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ ˈ iː θ ər /; Ancient Greek: Αἰθήρ (Brightness) [1] pronounced [ai̯tʰɛ̌ːr]) is the personification of the bright upper sky. According to Hesiod , he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day). [ 2 ]
49. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” — Sophocles. 50. “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” — Louisa May Alcott
The name Caelius (sometimes spelled Coelius) is an ancient Roman nomen and may refer to: . Caelius Vibenna (8th century BC), a noble Etruscan; Gaius Coelius Caldus or Caelius (2nd–1st century BC), a consul of the Roman Republic
The most common evidence for that connection is the implied charge of incest usually detected in Catullus 79 in comparison to the charges of incest against Clodia in Pro Caelio. However, Wiseman characterizes Cicero's rhetoric as remaining "on the level of mocking insinuation without proof or evidence" and notes that while there were whispers ...
He also describes a stone pedestal at Olympia which depicted Hemera pleading with Zeus for the life of her son Memnon. [17] Similarly, although, in Homer 's Odyssey , Eos is said to be the abductor of Orion , [ 18 ] a scholiast on that passage says that, according to Euphorion , Hemera fell in love with Orion and carried him away.
27. “Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” 28. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” 29. “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all ...