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The goddess of Hierapolis (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Adad (Glory, Thunder)
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.04 Concept of god (1)
01.04.03 Plurality of god (polytheism)
01.04.03.05 Great gods
01.04.03.05.05 Adad (Glory, Thunder)
Hierapolis/Membig
12 Assyrian Identity
12.03 Assyrian identity in Christian Era
12.03.02 Continuity of “Old Faith” beside Christianity
12.03.02.04 Hierapolis/Membig
Medicine and pharmacology
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.05 Medicine and pharmacology

Keywords
medicine
Syria
ˁAthi

Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Christian-Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
An euhemeristic section on pagan cults mentions the Syrian goddess and Hadad.

pseudo-Melito, Apology:
The Syrians worshipped ˁAthi of Hadib who sent the daughter of Belat, the woman-physician and she healed Simi, the daughter of Hadad, king of Syria; after a time, when leprosy came upon Hadad himself, ˁAthi entreated Elisha the Hebrew and he came and healed him of his leprosy.

Source (list of abbreviations)
pseudo-Melito, Apology

Bibliography

Drijvers 1980, 93-94

Drijvers, Han J. W. Cults and Beliefs at Edessa. Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain 82. Leiden: E. J. Brill 1980.

Amar Annus

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