Pyroeis
Pyroeis (Ancient Greek: Πυρόεις) in ancient Greek religion is the god of the wandering star Areios, the planet Mars.
He is also known as Mesonyx (Ancient Greek: Μεσονυξ; 'midnight').
Etymology
[edit]Pyroeis, from Ancient Greek: Πυρό, romanized: pyro, 'fire', means 'the fiery one'.[1]
Family
[edit]Hesiod, in his Theogony, states that the titans Astraeus and Eos gave birth to the winds and the stars, one of which was Pyroeis.[2][3]
Function
[edit]In Ancient Greek astronomy, Pyroeis is the god of the planet Mars, one of the five planets visible to the naked eye. Astronomers of the time assigned these "planetae" a variety of names, associated them with different gods, and ascribed various qualities to their apparent behaviour in the sky.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Thom, Johan C.; Burri, Renate; Chandler, Clive; Daiber, Hans; Kraye, Jill; Smith, Andrew; Takahashi, Hidemi; Tzvetkova-Glaser, Anna (2014). "Αριστοτελους Περι Κοσμου". Cosmic Order and Divine Power. Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG: 25. ISBN 978-3-16-152809-5. JSTOR j.ctv9b2w4j.6.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 378
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.8-9
- ^ "Planetae", in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 922, 923.
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