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Aion (deity)

This article is about the Hellenistic deity. For the Gnostic concept of God, see Aeon (Gnosticism).

Aion depicted as a young man with wings attached to his temples, standing in the circle of the zodiac, with Terra and four putti (representing the seasons) nearby, Roman mosaic, Sentinum, c. 200–300 AD[1]

Aion (from Hellenistic Greek: αἰών, romanized: aión, lit. 'long period of time', [ai̯ˈɔːn]) is a Hellenistic deity associated with time, the orb or circle encompassing the universe, and the zodiac. The "time" which Aion represents is perpetual, unbounded, ritual, and cyclic: The future is a returning version of the past, later called aevum (see Vedic Sanskrit Ṛtú). This kind of time contrasts with empirical, linear, progressive, and historical time that Chronos represented, which divides into past, present, and future.[2]: 274 

Aion is thus a god of the cyclic ages, and the cycle of the year and the zodiac. In the latter part of the Classical era he became associated with mystery religions concerned with the afterlife, such as the mysteries of Cybele, the Dionysian mysteries, Orphic religion, and the Mithraic mysteries. In Latin, the concept of the deity may appear as Aeternitas, Anna Perenna, or Saeculum.[2]: 274  He is typically in the company of an earth or mother goddess such as Tellus or Cybele, as on the Parabiago plate.[2]: 274 

  1. ^ LIMC 9450 (Aion 13).
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Levi-1944 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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