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begin with, the obvious fact that Elias or Helms and Helios sound
much alike—a fact expressly noted by Sedulius, a Christian poet
writing c. 430 A.D.1 Again, Christian art in the fourth century

Fig. 134.

portrayed the translation of Saint Elias under the type of Helios
driving his chariot up the sky (fig. 134)2. When in the course of

Gotha 1889 i. 315, cp. ii. 143, G. F. Abbott Macedonian Folklore Cambridge 1903 p. 240 f.,
Miss M. Hamilton Greek Saints and Their Festivals p. 19 ff.), but without advancing any
fresh arguments in support of that view.

1 Sedul. carm. pasch. 1. 168 ff. (after describing the translation of Elijah) quam bene
fulminei praelucens semita caeli | convenit Ffeliae, merito qui et nomine fulgens | aethere
dignus erat : nam, si sermonis Achivi | una per accentum mutetur litera, Sol est. On the
forms 'HXt'as, 'HXetas, 'HAias, 'HXetas see Grimm-Thayer Gk-Fng. Lex. of the New Test,
s.v. 'HXt'as.

2 F. Piper Mythologie und Symbolik der christlichen KunstN$€\xrax 1847—1851 i. r.
75 f. 2. 504 f. (a sarcophagus in St Peter's at Rome = G. Bottari Sculture epitture sagre
estratte dai cimiterj di Roma Rome 1737 i pi. 29 ; another in the Louvre at Paris — Clarac
Mus. de Sculpt, pi. 227 fig. 356 = my fig. 134, Reinach Rep. Stat. i. 117; a third at
Milan = G. Allegranza Spiegazione e reflessioni...sopra alcuni sacri monumenti antichi di
Milano Milano 1757 pi. 5), G. Bottari op. cit. Rome 1746 ii pi. 52 (sarcophagus),

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