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Encyclopedia > Apollo Virotutis

Virotutis is a Celtic epithet of the sun-god Apollo. The epithet ha been interpreted as meaning "Benefactor of humanity". Apollo Virotutis was worshipped at, among other places, Fins d'Annecy (Haute-Savoie) and at Jublains (Maine-et-Loire). Celtic polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Celts. ... Lycian Apollo, early Imperial Roman copy of a fourth century Greek original (Louvre Museum) In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek , Apóllōn; or , Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros (a statue of a male youth), was the archer-god of medicine and healing, light, truth, archery... Haute-Savoie is a French département, named after the Alps mountain range. ... Maine-et-Loire is a département in west-central France. ...


References

Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Miranda Green. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997



 
 

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