Aion (Greek deity)

LC control no.	no2014109041
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Aion (Greek deity) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Αἰών (Greek deity) Aeon (Greek deity) Aioon (Greek deity) Eón (Greek deity) Эон (Greek deity) Aioni (Greek deity) Еон (Greek deity) Ain (Greek deity) Ayin (Greek deity) Molc (Greek deity) Mollac (Greek deity) Molloch (Greek deity) Mulac (Greek deity) Oin (Greek deity) On (Greek deity) Onn (Greek deity)
Special note	Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found in	Zuntz, Günther. Aiōn im Römerreich, 1991. Zuntz, Günther. Αιων in der Literatur der Kaiserzeit, 1992. Wikipedia, August 18, 2014: Aion (deity) (Aion (Greek: Αἰών = Aiōn) is a Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac. The "time" represented by Aion is unbounded, in contrast to Chronos as empirical time divided into past, present, and future. He is thus a god of eternity, associated with mystery religions concerned with the afterlife, such as the mysteries of Cybele, Dionysus, Orpheus, and Mithras; also called Aeon) Estonian page (Aioon) Spanish page (Eón) French page (Éon) Russian page (Эон = Ėon) Finnish page (Aioni) Ukrainian page (Еон = Eon) Theoi Greek mythology website, August 18, 2014 (Aion, the god of time; the god was identified with both Khronos (Time) and Ouranos (Heaven)) <http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/Z15.1.html> Mythology dictionary, via WWW, August 18, 2014 (Aion. Greek - Time personified. This being is depicted as a lion-headed human entwined with snakes. On occasion, referred to as Aion, Ain, Ain, Aion, Ayin, Molc, Mollac, Molloch, Mulac, Oin, On, Onn, Mulac or On(n)) <http://www.mythologydictionary.com/aion-mythology.html>
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