Definition of Graeco-Roman deity

1. Noun. A deity of classical mythology.

Exact synonyms: Greco-roman Deity
Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal
Specialized synonyms: Nymph, Latona, Leto
Specialized synonyms: Aesculapius, Asclepius, Asklepios, Bacchus, Priapus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graeco-Roman Deity

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
Grace Kelly
Grace Patricia Kelly
Graces
Gracie
Gracie Allen
Gracilariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracula
Gracula religiosa
Gradenigo's syndrome
Gradgrindery
Gradgrindian
Graeco-
Graeco-Roman
Graeco-Roman deity (current term)
Graeco-Roman wrestling
Graecophile
Graecophilic
Graefe's knife
Graefe's operation
Graefe's sign
Graefe's spots
Graefe forceps
Graefenberg ring
Graeme
Graf Zeppelin
Graffi's virus
Graham
Graham's law

Literary usage of Graeco-Roman deity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: The Image of Huitzilopochtli in by Elizabeth Hill Boone (1989)
"One tradition saw Huitzilopochtli along the lines of a Graeco-Roman deity. The other was based in the Christian analogue, whereby Huitzilopochtli, ..."

2. The Gentile and the Jew in the Courts of the Temple of Christ: An by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1906)
"As deities of nature, of course they all had certain traits in common, and where a god failed to correspond with a Graeco-Roman deity, the difficulty was ..."

3. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1918)
"144-51. 22. Adam of Bremen, iii. 50; Helmold, i. 23. 23- i- 52. 24. Cited by A. Bruckner, in ASP vi. 220-22 (1882). 25. Priapus was a Graeco-Roman deity ..."

4. Celtic Mythology by John Arnott MacCulloch, Jan Máchal, Louis Herbert Gray (1918)
"Priapus was a Graeco-Roman deity of fertility who was represented in obscene form and worshipped licentiously; for Baal-peor cf. Numbers xxv. 1-5, Hosea ix. ..."

5. Celtic Mythology by John Arnott MacCulloch, Jan Máchal, Louis Herbert Gray (1918)
"Priapus was a Graeco-Roman deity of fertility who was represented in obscene form and worshipped licentiously; for Baal-peor cf. Numbers xxv. 1-5, Hosea ix. ..."

6. Guide to the Public Collections of Classical Antiquities in Rome by Wolfgang Helbig, Emil Reisch (1896)
"The bust evidently represents some Graeco-Roman deity, furnished with various symbols of the cult of Mithras (comp. vol. i, pp. 478 et seq. ..."

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