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The Sun of Vergina is a symbol that was widely used by Ancient Greeks.
Although it is a Panhellenic Symbol, it became famous because of the Macedonians, who were using it as Symbol of the Argead Dynasty-the Royal house of Macedon.
The typical Sun of Vergina is a 16-pointed Sun. It can also be found in other styles: 12-pointed or 8-pointed
What was the meaning of this symbol??
-In the typical 16-pointed Sun , the 4 rays represent the 4 elements: Earth-Ocean-Fire-Air
The other 12 rays represent the 12 Gods of Olympus.
In every form, the Sun of Vergina symbolized Virginity: Goddess Athena was a Virgin, so this Sun was associated with her.
We can also find this symbol associated with Apollo. -All the versi are associated with another famous Greek symbol, the "Delphian Epsilon", symbol of Apollo.The Sun of Vergina became common art design in coins, amphoreus, wall-drawings etc long before the Macedonian royal house (the Argead Dynasty) used it.
After the unification of the Greek (Hellenic) nation under the leadership of Alexander the Great, the Sun of Vergina became the symbol of the Hellenic Ethnogenesis.
Several pieces of Ancient Greek art containing the Sun of Vergina, before the rise of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia have been found by archaelogists. These sun symbols are found in various Greek places, apart from Macedonia.
2000 BC: This is the time where ancient Greeks first started using the Sun symbol.
It was not standardized yet, it was a early form of the Sun of Vergina.
The tradition passed from ancient Greek to Byzantine period.
Athena was the virgin Godess. When Christianity "arrived" in Greece, Greeks replaced Athena with the Mad. So , Athena became the alter ego of Madonna: All the temples of Athena became churches of Mad and all the symbols that had connection with Athena, became Madonna's symbols. So did the Sun of Vergina: It became the symbol of Madonna!
The Byzantine Artists were calling the Sun of Vergina as "Aeiparthenon", that means "For ever Virgin". A typical image of Madonna includes 3 Suns of Vergina (Aeiparthena). These 3 suns, as Byzantinologists say, symbolize the fact that Mary remained a virgin before the conception, during the gestation and after the birth of Jesus Christ.
We have to note though that the "Aeiparthenon" symbol is not always like the Vergina Sun, it can be different in other Madonna images. Also we have to mention that other non-Greek christians copied that style of art and started using the "Aeiparthenon" symbol that looked like the Vergina Sun in their churches: We can find the Vergina sun in Serbian,Bulgarian and Russian churches too!!!!
Apart from Madonna, the Vergina Sun was used a s decorative inside churches.
This is the story of the famous Greek symbol-The Vergina Sun.
Our Slav neighbours in the North of Greece are claiming all these symbols as theirs. After viewing this topic, you may have realized why Greeks oppose to the usurpation of their history.
ps:The Vergina sun is registered as a GREEK symbol by WIPO (World Intelectual Property Organisation of United Nations based in Geneva)
Truth shines like the Sun of Vergina. Truth will prevail!!!
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