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god

Sol

the Sun

also: solem, Sol, the Sun

The Sun-god, here invoked as the witness who saw the battlefield of Mutina before setting. In Phil. 14.27 Cicero apostrophizes 'O happiest Sun' that looked on Antony fleeing among the corpses of the parricides.

Reading notes

Tusculan Disputations §3.26 that son of the Sun
Aeetes, king of Colchis, was the son of the Sun-god Helios (Latin Sol) and father of Medea. The 'son of the Sun' phrasing sets up the tragic lament that follows.

Mentioned in 24 works (61 mentions)

Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) phil · 6 mentions

On Invention rhet · 1 mention

§1.8 the Sun

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book II speech · 1 mention

§129 the Sun

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V speech · 1 mention

§26 the Sun

Ad Atticum 1.1 letter · 1 mention

§1 the Sun

Against Catiline, Third Speech speech · 1 mention

§20 the Sun

Against Catiline, Fourth Speech speech · 1 mention

§21 the Sun

For Lucius Murena speech · 1 mention

§30 the Sun

On His Consulship phil · 1 mention

§2 the Sun

For Marcus Caelius speech · 1 mention

§67 the Sun

On the Orator rhet · 1 mention

§178 the Sun

On the Commonwealth phil · 5 mentions

On the Laws phil · 1 mention

§3.14 the Sun

Ad Atticum 9.10 letter · 1 mention

§3 the Sun

Brutus rhet · 2 mentions

Ad Atticum 13.38 letter · 1 mention

§1 the Sun

On the Ends of Good and Evil phil · 2 mentions

On the Nature of the Gods phil · 16 mentions

Timaeus (Latin translation) phil · 5 mentions

Tusculan Disputations phil · 2 mentions

Cato the Elder, On Old Age phil · 4 mentions

On Divination phil · 4 mentions

On Duties phil · 1 mention

§94 the Sun

Laelius, On Friendship phil · 1 mention

§47 the Sun