Vergina sun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sixteen-rayed solar symbol first appearing in Ancient Greek art between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC, tentatively interpreted as a royal symbol of ancient Macedonia.

Word forms

Vergina sun Vergina suns

Etymology

Named after the archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s.

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