The Colt of the Sun God, Elagabal

Varius avatus and alixianus are both involved in the worship of the sun god emesa. Avatus was actually the priest in charge of the colt, despite being a tenage. But this is an office which has been held by his ancestors down through the family. The youth might well be compared to the handsome statues of bacchus. And herodian says, in the prime of his youth, he was the handsomest lad of his time.