Aion

Aion A deity of the Greco-Roman Period in Egypt from 332 B.C.E. to 395 C.E., he was thought to be a personifica tion of Time. A solar  deity, associated  with Serapis and the Roman god Mithras, the god was described in a relief got in Oxyrrhynchus (1) (modern  el-Bahnasa).  The panel  pictures  a  winged  creature with  the  head  of  a  lion, the body of a human, and the legs of a goat. An aura or nimbus surrounds the gods head. He holds keys, a torch, and a dash of lightning. His cult was standard only in local areas.

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