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The "time" which Aion represents is perpetual, unbounded, ritual, and cyclic: The future is a returning version of the past, later called aevum (see Vedic Sanskrit Ṛtú). This kind of time contrasts with empirical, linear, progressive, and historical time that Chronos represented, which divides into past, present, and future. [2]: 274
Chronos (/ ˈ k r oʊ n ɒ s,-oʊ s /; Ancient Greek: Χρόνος, romanized: Khronos, lit. 'Time'; [kʰrónos] , Modern Greek: ['xronos] ), also spelled Chronus , is a personification of time in Greek mythology , who is also discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature.
One of the Greek primordial deities, the births of Ananke and her brother and consort, Chronos (the personification of time, not to be confused with the Titan Cronus), were thought to mark the division between the eon of Chaos and the beginning of the cosmos. Ananke is considered the most powerful dictator of fate and circumstance.
In Orphic cosmogony Aether was the offspring of Chronus (Time), the first primordial deity, and the brother of Chaos and Erebus. And made from (or placed in) Aether was the cosmic egg , from which hatched Phanes/Protogonus , so Aether was sometimes said to be his father. [ 8 ]
Chronos (also known as Chronos: A Tapestry of Time) is a shoot 'em up developed by The Radical Tubes and published by Mastertronic for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in 1987. The music was scored by Tim Follin. The game received mixed reviews upon release.
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This is a very complicated deity who shows up in various forms and in various philosophical systems. He appears in "Orphic" religion, Pythagoreanism, and forms of Gnosticism. The first sentence says Aion is a Roman deity, but that would be the divine personification Aeon, the Latin spelling. Then the stub template calls him a Middle East deity.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... (Sun) [3] or Chronos (Time). [4] References. a b This page was last edited on 2 ...