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Caelus. Caelus or Coelus (/ ˈsiːləs /; SEE-ləs) was a primordial god of the sky in Roman mythology and theology, iconography, and literature (compare caelum, the Latin word for "sky" or "heaven", hence English "celestial"). The deity's name usually appears in masculine grammatical form when he is conceived of as a male generative force.
Marcus Caelius Rufus (died 48 BC) was an orator and politician in the late Roman Republic. He was born into a wealthy equestrian family from Interamnia Praetuttiorum, on the central east coast of Italy. He is best known for his prosecution of Gaius Antonius Hybrida in 59 BC. He was also known for his trial for public violence (de vi publica) in ...
v. t. e. In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (/ ˈiːθər /; 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] In Orphic cosmogony Aether was the ...
Marcus Caelius. Not to be confused with Marcus Caelius Rufus. Marcus Caelius (c. March 45 BC – c. September AD 9) was the senior centurion (Primus pilus) in XVIII Roman Legion who was killed in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. [1] He is known from his cenotaph, which was discovered in 1620 in Birten (now a part of Xanten), Germany. [2]
The Greek equivalent is Gaea, mother of titans, consort of Caelus (Uranus). Terminus, the rustic god of boundaries. Tiberinus, river god; deity of the Tiber river. Tibertus, god of the river Anio, a tributary of the Tiber. Tranquillitas, goddess of peace and tranquility. Trivia, goddess of crossroads and magic, equated with Hecate.
Consort. Aether, Caelus. Children. Terra, Caelus, Mare. Equivalents. Greek equivalent. Hemera. In Roman mythology, Dies / ˈdaɪ.iːz / [ 1] (Latin diēs "day") was the personification of day. She was the daughter of Chaos and Caligo (Mist), and the counterpart of the Greek goddess Hemera .
According to Festus (203:19), "Ops is said to be the wife of Saturn and the daughter of Caelus. By her they designated the earth , because the earth distributes all goods to the human genus " ( Opis dicta est coniux Saturni per quam uolerunt terram significare, quia omnes opes humano generi terra tribuit ).
In Greek mythology, Uranus (/ ˈjʊərənəs / YOOR-ə-nəs, also / jʊˈreɪnəs / yoo-RAY-nəs), [3] sometimes written Ouranos (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός, lit. ' sky ', [uːranós]), is the personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities. According to Hesiod, Uranus was the son and husband of Gaia (Earth), with whom he ...