Telesphorus

Greek and Celtic deity
Person greek_deity Q1294659
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Telesphorus

Summary

Telesphorus is a Greek deity[1]. He draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #73 of 151).[2]

Key Facts

  • Telesphorus's father was Asclepius[3].
  • Telesphorus's mother was Epione[4].
  • Telesphorus's image is recorded as Statue of Telesphorus, Greece, 500-200 BCE Wellcome L0058862.jpg[5].
  • Telesphorus is recorded as male[6].
  • Telesphorus's instance of is recorded as Greek deity[7].
  • Telesphorus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305456582[8].
  • Telesphorus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2013131852[9].
  • Telesphorus's Commons category is recorded as Telesphorus (mythology)[10].
  • Telesphorus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l5g7[11].
  • Telesphorus's worshipped by is recorded as Ancient Greek religion[12].
  • Telesphorus's Iconclass notation is recorded as 92F2921[13].
  • Telesphorus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Telesphorus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[15].
  • Telesphorus's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3891[16].
  • Telesphorus's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 60691[17].
  • Telesphorus's Hederich encyclopedia article is recorded as Telesphorvs[18].
  • Telesphorus's Nomisma ID is recorded as telesphorus[19].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Podalirius[20].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Machaon[21].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Hygieia[22].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Panacea[23].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Iaso[24].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Aceso[25].
  • Telesphorus's sibling is recorded as Aegle[26].
  • Telesphorus's Theoi Project ID is recorded as Ouranios/AsklepiadesTelesphoros[27].

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Origins and Family

Telesphorus's father was Asclepius[3]. His mother was Epione[4].

Why It Matters

Telesphorus draws 97 Wikipedia views per month (greek_deity category, ranking #73 of 151).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Who were Telesphorus's parents?

Telesphorus's father was Asclepius[3]. Telesphorus's mother was Epione[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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