Петелът и боговете през Античността. Хронология на символа
The Rooster and the Gods during the Antiquity. Chronology of the Symbol

Summary/Abstract: According to the preserved written sources and images on various monuments, the rooster in Antiquity can be associated with Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Asclepius, Athena, Dionysus, Zeus and Ganymede, Persephone, Hades and Hermes. The earliest evidences come from Greek painted vessels. In the 6th century BC, the rooster may be associated with Athena, Artemis and Dionysus. In the 5th century BC, the rooster was associated with Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Asclepius, Athena, Dionysus, Zeus and Ganymede, Persephone and Hades, and Hermes. Drawings on vessels showing the connection between Athens, Dionysus and the rooster became unpopular after the Persian conquest of Athens in 480 BC. In the 4th century BC the rooster was associated with Ares, Asclepius, Athena and Dionysus. In the 3rd century BC the rooster was associated with Asclepius, Athena and Dionysus. In the 2nd century BC rooster sacrifices were performed in the temples of Artemis and in the Sarapion on island of Delos, but in the latter case it is not clear whether we can associate these rites only with Sarapis or whether we can add Asclepius and Dionysus. In the 1st century AD the connection between the rooster and Apollo was mentioned, while in the 2nd century AD Apollo, Ares, Asclepius and Hermes were associated with the rooster. In the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, the rooster, was associated only with Hermes

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