Sol Invictus & Jupiter Dolichenus 150-200 CE
"He [Odysseus] went to Thrinakia (Thrinacia), an island belonging to Helios (the Sun), where cattle grazed. He stayed there, held captive by windless weather. His crew, lacking sustenance, slaughtered and feasted on some of the cattle; and Helios angrily complained to Zeus. So when the ship but to sea, Zeus hit it with a thunderbolt."
-Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E7. 22- 23 (trans. Aldrich) (2nd C. CE)
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| Dedication slab representing the Sun God crowned by solar rays, the Moon Goddess bearing a crescent on her hair, and an old man, perhaps Jupiter Dolichenus. From the area of the barracks of the Equites Singulares, via Tasso, Rome. Current location: Baths of Diocletian. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stele_Sol_Invictus_Terme.jpg
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