entity_relationships: 1392
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| relationship_id | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1392 | ENT_APOLLO | received_as | ENT_CHR_APOLLYON | high | Revelation 9:11 names the angel of the bottomless pit "Apollyon" (Ἀπολλύων, "Destroyer"), a transparent Greek wordplay on Apollo (Ἀπόλλων). The identification would have been unmistakable to Greek-speaking audiences: the great healing and oracular god becomes the angel of destruction and the abyss. Justin Martyr (1 Apol. 24) explicitly lists Apollo among the gods who are demons. The Apollo→Apollyon chain is the single most textually specific Olympian demonization in the New Testament. | SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES | reviewed | PER_PATRISTIC |