| Apulu(Aplu) | |
|---|---|
| |
| Member of Novensiles | |
 Apulu on a coin from Populonia. | |
| Other names | Rath, ลuri, Usil, Vetis |
| Mount | Mt. Soratte[1] |
| Gender | male |
| Region | Italy |
| Ethnic group | Etruscans |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Tinia and Semla[2] |
| Siblings | |
| Consort | Catha |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Apollo |
| Roman | Apollo Soranus |
| Hittite | Apaliunas |
Apulu (Etruscan: ๐๐๐๐๐), also syncopated as Aplu (Etruscan: ๐๐๐๐), is an epithet of the Etruscan fire god ลuri[3][4][1][5][6] as chthonic sky god, roughly equivalent to the Greco-Roman god Apollo.[7][8][9] Their names are associated on Pyrgi inscriptions too.[10][3] The name Apulu or Aplu did not come directly from Greece but via a Latin center, probably Palestrina.[11][12][2]
Under the name Apulu, he is known as god of the Sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague, as well as the protector of divination,[11][12] but he also has volcanic and infernal characteristics.[13][14][page needed]
He was also known as Rath,[15] Usil[16] and Vetis,[14] among other names.[4]
- ^ a b Virgil, 11.786.
- ^ a b c De Grummond & Simon 2006.
- ^ a b National Etruscan Museum.
- ^ a b Maras 2010.
- ^ Van der Meer 2013, pp. 323โ341.
- ^ Myth Index.
- ^ Krauskopf 2006, pp. vii, pp. 73โ75.
- ^ Bonfante & Bonfante 2002, p. 194.
- ^ Jannot 2005, p. 146.
- ^ Colonna 2009, pp. 101โ126.
- ^ a b Cristofani 2000, pp. 161โ162.
- ^ a b Cristofani 1985, pp. 12โ13.
- ^ Classical Association 1918, p. 107.
- ^ a b Kenney & Clausen 1983.
- ^ Bonfante & Bonfante 2002, p. 204.
- ^ Nonoss 2015.