Apulu

Apulu, also shortened as Aplu, is the Etruscan god of Sun and health (or plague), equivalent to the Greco-Roman god Apollo.[1][2]

Main article: List of Etruscan mythological figures
Apulu
  • God of Sun, healing and disease
Other namesAplu
Gendermale
RegionItaly
Ethnic groupEtruscans
Equivalents
Greek equivalentApollo
Roman equivalentApollo
Hittite equivalentApaliunas

In other cultures

Hittite equivalent
Main article: Apaliunas

Aplu may be related with Apaliunas, who is considered to be the Hittite reflex of *Apeljōn, an early form of the name “Apollo”.[3]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. Krauskopf, I. 2006. "The Grave and Beyond." The Religion of the Etruscans. edited by N. de Grummond and E. Simon. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. vii, p. 73-75.
    2. The Bonfantes (2002), page 194.
    3. John L. Angel; Machteld Johanna Mellink (1986). Troy and the Trojan War: A Symposium Held at Bryn Mawr College, October 1984. Bryn Mawr Commentaries. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-929524-59-7.
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