Planē (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Planē or Plane (Greek: Πλάνη, pronounced "pla-neh") was an abstract goddess personification of error (her name deriving from the Greek term for 'wandering' [see planet ] ). Though her mythology is obscure, it is known that she was present at the musical competition between the god Apollo and the satyr Marsyas. She appears in that scene (looking on in horror, at the sight of Marsyas about to be flayed for losing the musical contest) on a few 4th century mosaics in the House of Aion in Nea Paphos.
Planē (or Plane) is also referred to, as an abstract concept, in Christian and Gnostic philosophy.
References
- Essays on the Coptic Gnostic library
- Studies in the New Testament and Gnosticism
- Personification in the Greek world: from antiquity to Byzantium
- Hellenism in Late Antiquity
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