page_title: Aion (deity)
hierarchical_section_title: Aion (deity)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bildfeld eines großes Bodenmosaiks aus einer römischen Villa bei Sentinum (dem heutigen Sassoferrato im Marken), um 200-250 n. Chr. Jugendlicher Ewigkeitsgott Aion im Himmelkreis der Tierzeichen zwischen einem grünen und einem kahlen (winterlichen) Baum. Zu seinen Füßen die Erdmutter Tellus (römische Gaia) mit vier Kindern, welche die vier Jahrezeiten verkörpern. Der Himmelskreis ist kein Tierkreis, sondern ein Band mit Tierkreiszeichen (beispielsweise fehlt zwischen Widder und Zwillingen der Stier, etc.). English: Central part of a large floor mosaic, from a Roman villa in Sentinum (now known as Sassoferrato, in Marche, Italy), ca. 200–250 C.E. Aion, the god of eternity, is standing inside a celestial sphere decorated with zodiac signs, in between a green tree and a bare tree (summer and winter, respectively). Sitting in front of him is the mother-earth goddess, Tellus (the Roman counterpart of Gaia) with her four children, who possibly represent the four seasons. Français&#160;: Partie centrale d'une grande mosaïque de sol provenant d'une villa romaine de Sentinum (actuelle Sassoferrato en Marche), v. 200-250 ap. J.-C. Éon (Aiôn), dieu de l'éternité, est représenté dans une orbe céleste constellée des signes zodiacaux, entre un arbre vert et un arbre dégarni (été et hiver). À ses pieds la terre-mère Tellus (Gaia romaine) avec quatre enfants, les quatre saisons personnifiées (?).
context_page_description: Aion 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 the ages, associated with mystery religions concerned with the afterlife, such as the mysteries of Cybele, Dionysus, Orpheus, and Mithras. In Latin the concept of the deity may appear as Aevum or Saeculum. He is typically in the company of an earth or mother goddess such as Tellus or Cybele, as on the Parabiago plate.
context_section_description: Aion (Greek: Αἰών) 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 the ages, associated with mystery religions concerned with the afterlife, such as the mysteries of Cybele, Dionysus, Orpheus, and Mithras. In Latin the concept of the deity may appear as Aevum or Saeculum. He is typically in the company of an earth or mother goddess such as Tellus or Cybele, as on the Parabiago plate.
caption: Aion, god of the ages, in a celestial sphere decorated with zodiacal signs, between a green and a dismantled tree (summer and winter). Before him is the mother-earth Tellus (Roman Gaia) with four children, the four seasons personified
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