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Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity ( yazata ) Mithra , the Roman Mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the degree of continuity between Persian and Greco-Roman ...
The Hellenistic depiction on the reverse shows the king kneeling before an Apollo-like god, which is thought to be Mithra. [7] A marble relief of the tauroctony in later Roman Mithraism, 2nd – 3rd century CE Investiture of Sassanid emperor Ardashir II (3rd century CE bas-relief at Taq-e Bostan, Iran.
The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek "Μίθρας", [1]) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, [2] a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. [3] The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon 's biography of Cyrus , the Cyropaedia , [ 4 ] a work written in the fourth century BC.
Relief of Roman Mithras, in a tauroctony scene. The name Mithra was adopted by the Greeks and Romans as Mithras, chief figure in the mystery religion of Mithraism. At first identified with the Sun-god Helios by the Greeks, the syncretic Mithra-Helios was transformed into the figure Mithras during the 2nd century BC, probably at Pergamon.
Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes. Minerva, goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industries and trades, and one of the Dii Consentes. Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena. Mithras, god worshipped in the Roman empire; popular with soldiers. Molae, daughters of Mars, probably goddesses of grinding of the grain.
The Roman cult of Mithras had connections with other pagan deities, syncretism being a prominent feature of Roman paganism. Almost all Mithraea contain statues dedicated to gods of other cults, and it is common to find inscriptions dedicated to Mithras in other sanctuaries, especially those of Jupiter Dolichenus. [1]
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator (Ancient Greek: Μιθριδάτης; [2] 135–63 BC) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents.
At one time it was conjectured that it represented the lion-headed god of Mithraism, [7]: 232 or some form of Aion. But since Arimanius could also be a Romano-Celtic personal name, it is uncertain whether the inscription refers to the god represented by the statue, or to the person who made the votive dedication. No other Mithraic objects were ...