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Mithraic altar (3rd-century AD) showing Caelus flanked by allegories of the Seasons (Museum Carnuntinum, Lower Austria)Caelus or Coelus (/ ˈ s iː l ə s /; 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").
Cicero says that Aether and Dies were the parents of Caelus (Sky). [3] While, Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea). [4] Cicero also says that Dies and Caelus were the parents of Mercury, the Roman counterpart of Hermes. [5]
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
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Caelum / ˈ s iː l əm / is a faint constellation in the southern sky, introduced in the 1750s by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille and counted among the 88 modern constellations.Its name means "chisel" in Latin, and it was formerly known as Caelum Sculptorium ("Engraver's Chisel"); it is a rare word, unrelated to the far more common Latin caelum, meaning "sky", "heaven", or "atmosphere". [3]
In Roman mythology, Caeculus (meaning "little blind boy", from caecus "blind") [1] [2] [3] was a son of Vulcan, and the legendary founder of Praeneste (modern Palestrina). [4] ...
Caelus' steady rise was punctuated by their acquisition in full by EM&M in January 1969. [2] [8] The terms of the acquisition were reportedly $3 million in a stock swap. [9] Following the acquisition, Caelus became a subsidiary of EM&M. [10] Yaconelli left to found his second venture, Katun Corporation, a systems integration company, in San ...
Celeus (/ ˈ s iː l i ə s / SEE-lee-əs) or Keleus (Ancient Greek: Κελεός, romanized: Keleós) was the king of Eleusis in Greek mythology, husband of Metaneira and father of several daughters, who are called Callidice, Demo, Cleisidice and Callithoe in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, [1] and Diogeneia, Pammerope and Saesara by Pausanias.