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Arctus

deity sky Greek single tradition · 6

Arctus is one of the twelve Horae, also known as Night Sky. She is the sister of Anatolia, Auge, Musica, Gymnastica, Nymphe, Mesembria, Sponde, Elete, Acte, Hesperis and Dysis.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in Greek mythology.

Relationships

sibling of
Anatolia, Auge, Musica, Gymnastica, Nymphe, Mesembria, Sponde, Elete, Acte, Hesperis, Dysis, Anatole, Gymnasica, Nympha, Messembria, Akte
serves
Harmonia
co occurs with
Gymnasica, Nympha, Messembria, Helios, Chronos, Selene
child of
Chronos, Helios

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (6)
  1. Anatole (mythology)
  2. Arctus (Hora)
  3. Auge (Hora)
  4. Dysis
  5. Elete
  6. Hesperis (Hora)

Source passages

“Anatolia was sister of the other eleven Hora: Auge (First Light), Musica (Hour of Music), Gymnastica (Hour of Exercise), Nymphe (Hour of Bath), Mesembria (Noon), Sponde (Libation), Elete (Hour of Prayer), Acte (Hour of Pleasure), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Arctus (Night Sky).”

#27605 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Arctus was sister of the other eleven Horae: Auge (First Light), Anatole (Sunrise), Musica (Hour of Music), Gymnastica (Hour of Exercise), Nymphe (Hour of Bath), Mesembria (Noon), Sponde (Libation), Elete (Hour of Prayer), Acte (Hour of Pleasure), Hesperis (Evening), and Dysis (Sunset).”

#27661 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Auge was sister of the other eleven Hora: Anatole (Sunrise), Musica (Hour of Music), Gymnastica (Hour of Exercise), Nymphe (Hour of Bath), Mesembria (Noon), Sponde (Libation), Elete (Hour of Prayer), Acte (Hour of Pleasure), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Arctus (Night Sky).”

#27840 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Dysis along with her sisters, Anatole, Mesembria and Arctus, were the attendants of the goddess Harmonia (Harmony) within her halls in heaven. Like the rest of her siblings, she attended one of the four gates of the Winds.”

#28149 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Elete was sister of the other eleven Hora: Anatole (Sunrise), Auge (First Light), Musica (Hour of Music), Gymnasica (Hour of Exercise), Nympha (Hour of Bath), Messembria (Noon), Sponde (Libations), Akte (Hour of Pleasure), Hesperis (Evening), Dysis (Sunset) and Arctus (Night Sky). Their father was either Helios (Sun) or Chronos (Time).”

#28263 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat