Sol Invictus 3rd C. CE
"Before the battle against the Gigantes (Giants) [and Titanes] in Krete (Crete), we are told, Zeus sacrificed a bull to Helios (Helius, the Sun) and to Ouranos (Uranus, Sky) and to Ge (Gaea, Earth); and in connection with each of the rites there was revealed to him what was the will of the Gods in the affair, the omens indicating the victory of the Gods and a defection to them of the enemy [certain Titanes, including Helios defected to the side of Zeus]."
-Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. 71. 2 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.)
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| Sol Invictus 3rd C. CE. |
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