【稀世文物 56】馬其頓之星，原本是韋爾吉納之星。1970 年，在希臘北部的小城韋爾吉納，出土了公元前 4 世紀的金質方盒，盒蓋上就刻畫了一顆韋爾吉納之星。據考證，這個金盒屬于亞曆山大大帝的父親，馬其頓國王腓力二世。這種馬其頓之星，原本是古希臘的一個太陽符号，在公元前 6 世紀到前 2 世紀時盛行，它也成為亞曆山大帝國希臘化的象征。如今希臘馬其頓打去的區旗就描繪着一個韋爾吉納之星。
當時發掘的這個金盒之中，還有一頂制作精美的黃金花冠，和腓力二世的骨灰
The Vergina Sun , also known as the Star of Vergina, Vergina Star or Argead Star, is a rayed solar symbol first appearing in ancient Greek art of the period between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. The Vergina Sun proper has sixteen triangular rays, while comparable symbols of the same period variously have sixteen, twelve, eight or (rarely) six rays.
The name "Vergina Sun" became widely used after the archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s. In older references, the name "Argead Star" or "Star of the Argeadai" is used for the Sun as the possible royal symbol of the Argead dynasty of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia. There it was depicted on a golden larnax found in a 4th-century BC royal tomb belonging to either Philip II or Philip III of Macedon, the father and half-brother of Alexander the Great, respectively.
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