Zeus,
Apollo, and Hermes
Ancient
Greek mythology personified the mysteries of life and the cosmos in
the form of a pantheon of gods who ruled from Mount Olympus. Their
most powerful god who controlled the sky and weather was named Zeus.
Apollo was the
son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of the goddess Artemis. He is sometimes
personified as the sun driving a fiery chariot across the sky each
day. He is associated with the tending of flocks and herds, love of
beauty, balance, music, fine arts, poetry and medicine. He is the
god of prophecy and is credited with the foundation of the oracle
of Delphi. He is usually pictured as a young and handsome man holding
the lyre, the bow and arrow, or seated on the omphalos next to the
tripod, the twin symbols of Delphi.
Hermes, the little
brother of Apollo, was personified as Mercury, the planet closest
to the sun. The ancient Greek gods were very real to the common man
in antiquity, but to the philosophers and to people who could think
for themselves, the gods were recognized as metaphors for the powers
of nature.
The
Gematria Values of the Greek Gods
Apollo, Zeus, and Hermes
On a higher level,
Zeus, Apollo, and Hermes were also mathematical metaphors.
The diagram below illustrates how the Greek spelling of each god's
name results in a gematria value that can be used to unite the gods
in a single Sacred Geometry diagram.
APOLLO
= APOLLWN =
1+80+70+30+30+800+50 = 1061
ZEUS = ZEUS
= 7+5+400+200 = 612
HERMES = `ERMHS
= 5+100+40+8+200 = 353
The length of
the red line BB by computation is equal to the gematria value of Zeus
(612).
The diameter
AA of the green circle is exactly equal to the gematria value of Apollo
(1061).
The diameter
of each of the three bright yellow circles is equal to the gematria
value of Hermes (353).
The .666
decimal remainder of the gematria value of Hermes brings out his solar
nature through the sum of the numbers that form the magic
square of the sun. The three Hermes circles also bring out
Herme's title Trismegistos, meaning "thrice greatest."
The diagram shown here is only one of the many ways these three
Greek gods can be depicted as Sacred Geometry diagrams.
