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According to Cicero and Hyginus, Caelus was the son of Aether and Dies ("Day" or "Daylight"). [7] 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]
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 ]
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]
Cicero says that Aether and Dies were the parents of Caelus (Sky). [11] While, Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea). [12] Cicero also says that Dies and Caelus were the parents of Mercury, the Roman counterpart of Hermes. [13]
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
Caeneus' son was the Argonaut Coronus, who was killed by Heracles while leading a war against the Dorians and their king Aegimius. [4] According to the mythographer Hyginus , Caeneus' mother was Hippea —the daughter of a Thessalian from Larissa named Antippus—and his brothers were Ischys and the Argonaut Polyphemus .
King Caeculus appears in Book VII of Virgil's Aeneid as an ally of Turnus against Aeneas and the Trojans, [5] where he is said to be the "founder of Praeneste" and described as "the son of Vulcan, born among the rural herds and found upon the hearth".
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.