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Aion is the Greek god of time

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There are many Greek mythological gods that represent some of the most important concepts in humanity, most importantly: time. Aion is the Greek god of time in addition to Chronos. Most of them share this responsibility, but Chronos came first in the timeline of the Greek gods. He is a symbol of the long reign of the Roman Empire and has a female counterpart known as Aeternitas. I couldn't find much more information, but if someone knows more about him please let me know :)
 
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This is interesting! I didn't realize there was more than one Greek god of time!
 
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There are many Greek mythological gods that represent some of the most important concepts in humanity, most importantly: time. Aion is the Greek god of time in addition to Chronos. Most of them share this responsibility, but Chronos came first in the timeline of the Greek gods. He is a symbol of the long reign of the Roman Empire and has a female counterpart known as Aeternitas. I couldn't find much more information, but if someone knows more about him please let me
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redsoxdw_ said:
There are many Greek mythological gods that represent some of the most important concepts in humanity, most importantly: time. Aion is the Greek go NOd of time in addition to Chronos. Most of them share this responsibility, but Chronos came first in the timeline of the Greek gods. He is a symbol of the long reign of the Roman Empire and has a female counterpart known as Aeternitas. I couldn't find much more information, but if someone knows more about him please let me know :)
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On the thread about the wildest Gr. myth, I mentioned Pherecydes. In his cosmogony he posited 3 principles: Zas, ChothoniE and Chronos. There is a later long history about Chronos and Aion -- never resolved as yet: https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Khronos.html
 
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On the thread about the wildest Gr. myth, I mentioned Pherecydes. In his cosmogony he posited 3 principles: Zas, ChothoniE and Chronos. There is a later long history about Chronos and Aion -- never resolved as yet: https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Khronos.html
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How do we experience TIME? IT is not a thing we perceive ..... but -it is the DURATION of a pleasure or a pain, of a disability, of the walking between two houses; the waiting for an arrival; the watching of the sun moving across the sky --which involves REMEMBERING what we observed earlier.... Memory!
DUE Meditation on Dali's Persistence of Memory ........
 
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