Caelus

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The Sky (this personification is indicated by the use of the masculine form rather that the neuter, caelum); this was not a Roman deity but merely a Latin translation of the name of the Greek god Uranus who played a very important part in Hellenic theogony and mythology.

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Table of Sources
- Cic. De Nat. Deor. 3, 17, 44; 3, 24, 62ff.
- Serv. on Virgil, Aen. 5, 801
- See also Uranus.

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