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Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Aphaca (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Cult of Ištar 03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices 03.02 Cult of Ištar 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	Keywords Byblos temples
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 9:
Then I went up onto the Lebanon, a day’s journey from Byblos, upon learning that an ancient sanctuary of Aphrodite, which Cinyras founded, was there. I saw the sanctuary, and it is an ancient one.

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pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 9

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.

Amar Annus

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