>What is the Sun on Earth? Apollo? A big ball of flaming gas? Ra? Mithras? El
>Gabel? Sol Invictus?
A better way to phrase this: is he Apollo or Helios? (A couple of quotes from <http://www.thanasis.com/helios.htm>: "Helios is the young Greek god of the sun, often confused with Apollo." "Lampos, Actaeon, Chronos, Aethon, Asterope, Bronte, Pyroeis, Phaeton, Erythreos, and Phlegon are some of the many winged steeds that are the residents of Helios' Sun-stables. Pegasus, when not in attendance with the Muses or bearing Zeus' thunderbolts in a storm, often resides here as well. Phaeton was so named in honor of the deceased son of Helios (Sol) by the same name. Aethion ('fiery red'), Asterope ('starry eyed'), Bronte ('thunder'), and Phlegon ('the burning') most often drive Helios' chariot, while Lampos ('torch') and Actaeon ('effulgence') are used by Apollo for his own sun-chariot.")
Clearly the two are different to the Greeks. Does anyone know if they had big debates in the symposia about the two?
David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_pensee.com> Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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