Artaius
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Artaius
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Artaius is a Celtic epithet applied to the Roman god Mercury during the Romano-Celtic period. It is known from a single inscription from Beaucroissant in the Isère: In Gaulish, the word artos means ‘bear’, and artaios would have been a derivative. Miranda Green considers Mercury Artaius to have been a bear-god. It is also possible that Artaius is derived from a place name. Based on the inscription found at Beaucroissant, Auguste Longnon surmised that the location was once called Artay; there is
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Celtic epithet of Mercury
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2023-06-10T23:33:45Z
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