Was Apollo's birthday December 25th according to the Romans?
score:5
One can refer to 25 December as Apollo's 'birthday' but he certainly didn't have a monopoly on the day.
Apollo, being associated with (among many other things) the sun / light, was one of many pagan gods who was linked to December 25th. This is connected to the winter solstice and the rebirth of the sun (hence the date being after December 21st - at one point December 23rd was celebrated but this was later changed to December 25th). For the Romans, though, Apollo was less important than he was for the Greeks. The Romans already had a deity for the sun (although Apollo became more popular at some point) and thus there was an
antagonism between Apollo and Sol. In its form of Sol Indiges, the latter was apparently an age-old Roman deity, whose functional sphere came to overlap with that of Greek Apollo as an identification of the ‘sun’, when the latter identification became prominent in Rome in the Augustan period
Source: Michael Lipka, 'Roman Gods
See also 'Sol Invictus'
Upvote:-2
25 December is very close after the winter solstice. That has significant meaning in many religions.
More post
- 📝 Provinces and Dioceses in the late roman empire contrasted with those of the church
- 📝 When and how did the USA and the UK become allies?
- 📝 What was the standard spoken language (dialect) in the Three Kingdoms period?
- 📝 How did Americans know to use smallpox infected blankets, before germ theory?
- 📝 Communist Party member Stances on Molotov Ribbentrop Soviety German Treaty
- 📝 How was the first official geographical border established in Europe?
- 📝 What branch of the military wore this uniform?
- 📝 Why did the German air force lose experienced pilots faster than the Allies, even though they were defending their home airspace?
- 📝 What caused the decline in support for the Protectionist Party of Australia?
- 📝 Were fake anti-tank mines A Thing?
- 📝 Was hay invented only in the Middle Ages in Europe?
- 📝 Who wrote the "Mi General Augusto Pinochet" Song?
- 📝 After Jesus was executed what became of Pontius Pilate
- 📝 What is the significance of the term "never start changing the borders in Eastern Europe by force?"
- 📝 Were there any monarchs of England or the United Kingdom who were not technically first in the line of succession?
- 📝 What was the goal behind the 9 state approval of the United States constitution?
- 📝 Was the Battle of Tours really the turning point for the Umayyad expansion into Europe?
- 📝 Which was the first civilization to ban slavery?
- 📝 Were there many instances when an "overaged" commander was at odds with a much younger second in command?
- 📝 Increment of workers in agriculture during periods of economical crisis
- 📝 What is wrong with Russian claim that 7 million people starved to death in the Great Depression in the USA?
- 📝 Why was the Vichy French Navy in Toulon scuttled in 1942?
- 📝 Did Mussolini know that Hitler was going to attack Poland?
- 📝 What role did British cartoonists play in the early 1800?
- 📝 Is there any evidence in history to suggest that there was a Melanchro (dark-skinned) population in Colchis as claimed by Herodotus?
- 📝 Why did Columbus cross the mid-Atlantic instead of exploring from Greenland?
- 📝 Did healers in medieval Europe use moldy bread in poultices for wounds?
- 📝 What is the largest number of battles that took place in the same place in the same war?
- 📝 How much tax did Romans pay?
- 📝 How did people realize that America was a different continent?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Was Apollo's birthday December 25th according to the Romans?
- 📝 How likely is it that any non-Celtic language was spoken in the British Isles when the Romans invaded?
- 📝 What was the earliest professional recording of "Happy Birthday to You"?
- 📝 Did the Romans see Africa as a black continent? Was there a perception of a divide between Africa and Europe?
- 📝 How was the Urnfield culture represented around 1300 BC in the area the Romans called Gallia Belgica?
- 📝 What was the difference in the minds of the Romans between human sacrifice and gladiator games?
- 📝 What was the relationship between slaves and poor Romans needing jobs in Rome's labour market?
- 📝 Why did Romans use the sesterce in written monetary records when the coin itself was so rarely used?
- 📝 What was the Romans or Roman Empires opinion on the Vikings?
- 📝 Why was Pearl Harbor selected as the base Japan attacked in December 1941?
- 📝 Why did Hitler attack the Soviet Union when he was still busy fighting the United Kingdom?
- 📝 Did Adolf Hitler ever address the fact that his own appearance was almost an exact opposite of what he considered the ideal Aryan appearance?
- 📝 Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century?
- 📝 Why was Poland spared from the Black Death?
- 📝 Did medieval scholars believe the Earth was round?
- 📝 Is there any evidence to support the claim that the United States was "suckered into WW1" by Zionists, made by Benjamin Freedman in his 1961 speech?
- 📝 Why was Africa colonized last of the continents in the Age of Discovery?
- 📝 Was the secession of the Confederate states illegal?
- 📝 Is it true that slavery was endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa previous to the establishment of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
- 📝 Was England called England in the days of King Arthur?
- 📝 How did the Romans do division?
- 📝 Did the Romans eat breakfast?
- 📝 Why were the Romans unable to conquer Germania?
- 📝 Was hay invented only in the Middle Ages in Europe?
- 📝 Why was the Scout movement so successful?
- 📝 Was race really unimportant in the 1660's?
- 📝 Why was the Council of Nicea held in Nicea rather than Rome or Constantinople?
- 📝 What was the historical context of the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution?
- 📝 Did it take 3 minutes to reload a musket when the second amendment to the US constitution was ratified?
- 📝 Why was World War I ended on Nov 11 11:00, rather than immediately upon signing the armistice?