Abraxas
Abraxas is one of the horses that pull Helios's chariot. Hyginus writes that according to Homer, the horses' names are Abraxas and Therbeeo; but Homer makes no mention of horses or chariot.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attributed to Homer by Hyginus, but Homer makes no mention of horses or chariot.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Abrasax, Nous, Logos, Phronesis, Dynamis, Sophia, Archons, Hebdomad, Barbelo, Odin-Wotan, Luci-Bel, beneficent spirits, Harpocrates, Śiva, Apollo, Quetzalcoatl, Pyrois, Eous, Aethon, Phlegon, Aethiops, Bronte, Sterope
- sibling of
- Therbeeo
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Hyginus writes that according to Homer, the horses' names are Abraxas and Therbeeo; but Homer makes no mention of horses or chariot.”
#16724 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“"The ruler" [principem, i.e., probably ton archonta] of the 365 heavens "is Abraxas, and for this reason he contains within himself 365 numbers".”
#25283 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“There are indeed certain exceptions; Basilides taught the existence of a "great archon" called Abraxas who presided over 365 archons.”
#25389 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In it Lucifer is defined as he "whom others have called" Apollo, Abraxas, Shiva, and Quetzalcoatl, also Odin-Wotan (and to the Cathars, Luci-Bel).”
#33743 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“ABRACADABRA, a word analogous to Abraxas (q.v.), used as a magical formula by the Gnostics of the sect of Basilides in invoking the aid of beneficent spirits against disease and misfortune.”
#43556 · extracted by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free