GOD APOLLO SILVER PENDANT - VERGINA STAR
Silver Coin Pendant depicting Apollo God of Light,Healing,Music,Prophecy-Reverse Sun of Vergina - Vergina Star
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the kouros (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.
The Vergina Sun (Greek: Ήλιος της Βεργίνας, romanized: Ilios tis Vergínas, lit. 'Sun of Vergina'), also known as the Star of Vergina, Vergina Star or Argead Star, is a rayed solar symbol first appearing in ancient Greek art of the period between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. It became famous due to the Macedonians who were using it as Symbol of the Argead Dynasty.
The Vergina Sun proper has sixteen triangular rays, while comparable symbols of the same period variously have sixteen, twelve, eight or (rarely) six rays.In the typical 16-pointed Sun , the 4 rays represent the 4 elements: Earth-Ocean-Fire-Air. The other 12 rays represent the 12 Gods of Olympus.In every form, the Sun of Vergina symbolized Virginity Goddess Athena was a Virgin, so this Sun was associated with her. The name "Vergina Sun" became widely used after the archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s. Handcrafted in Greece with extra care in 925 sterling silver.Its diameter size is 1.8 cm and weighs approximately 4 g. This pendant is without the chain(84A)
Details:
Condition: New, Made in Greece
Material: Sterling Silver
Diameter: 1.8 cm
Weight: 4g
This pendant is without the chain