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- Stilbon (Greek: Στίλβων) within the context of ancient Greek religion, is recognized as the sky god associated with Hermaon and the planet Mercury. The name "Stilbon" translates to "shining." This new name was introduced following the confusion caused by an overabundance of astronomical names.
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Stilbon ( Greek: Στίλβων) within the context of ancient Greek religion, is recognized as the sky god associated with Hermaon and the planet Mercury. The name "Stilbon" translates to "shining." This new name was introduced following the confusion caused by an overabundance of astronomical names. [1]
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PARENTS
ASTRAIOS & EOS (parents of the Astra, presumably Pyroeis) (Hesiod Theogony 378, Apollodorus 1.8)
Hesiod, Theogony 378 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "And Eos (Dawn) bare to Astraios (Astraeus, the Starry) the strong-hearted Anemoi (Winds) . . . a goddess mating in love with a god. And after these Erigenia [Eos] bare the star Eosphorus (Dawn-bringer), and the gleaming Astra (Stars) with which heaven is crowned." Pseud...
GREEK
1. Hesiod, Theogony - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 2. Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D. 3. Nonnus, Dionysiaca - Greek Epic C5th A.D.
ROMAN
1. Hyginus, Astronomica - Latin Mythography C2nd A.D. 2. Cicero, De Natura Deorum - Latin Rhetoric C1st B.C.
- The star Mercury
- Aster Hermaon
- Sky and River Oceanus
- Astraeus and Eos
Stilbon may refer to: Stilbon (mythology), originally meaning "the gleaming" (Στίλβων), it was the ancient Greek name for the planet Mercury; Bindahara, alternatively Stilbon, a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae; Stilbon Planitia, plains in the north of the planet Mercury
Phosphorus ( Ancient Greek: Φωσφόρος, romanized : Phōsphoros) is the god of the planet Venus in its appearance as the Morning Star. Another Greek name for the Morning Star is " Eosphorus " (Ancient Greek: Ἑωσφόρος, romanized: Heōsphoros ), which means "dawn-bringer". The term "eosphorus" is sometimes met in English.
The Astra Planeta were the ancient Greek gods of the five wandering stars. They were named Phaenon (planet Saturn), Phaethon (planet Jupiter), Pyroeis (planet Mars), Eosphorus (planet Venus) and Stilbon (planet Mercury).
Main interests. Logic, dialectic, ethics. Notable ideas. The universal is fundamentally separated from the individual and concrete. Stilpo or Stilpon ( Greek: Στίλπων, Stílpōn; c. 360 – c. 280 BC) [2] was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school.
In Greek mythology the Astra Planeta were generally considered to be the five sons of the Titan Astraeus and the goddess of the Dawn, Eos. This parentage also made the Astra Planeta brothers to the Anemoi, Greek wind deities. The Astra Planeta were thus named –. Stilbon, meaning Shining One (Mercury)
