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The goddess Atargatis in Hierapolis (1)

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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
Individuals identified as Assyrians
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.01 Assyria and Assyrians in Neo- and Late Babylonian sources
12.02.01.02 Individuals identified as Assyrians

Keywords
Hierapolis

Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 1:
In Syria there is a city not far from the Euphrates River. It is called “Hire” (Holy) and it is the Holy City of the Assyrian Hera. … Concerning this city I am going to describe whatever is in it. … I write as an Assyrian, and some of the things I relate I learned firsthand, but what happened before my time I have learned from the priests.

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pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 1

Bibliography

Attridge and Oden 1976

Attridge, H. W. and R. A. Oden. The Syrian Goddess (De Dea Syria), Attributed to Lucian. Graeco-Roman Religion 1. Missoula: Scholars Press for the Society of Biblical Literature 1976.

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