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The temple of the Syrian goddess (4)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
12 Assyrian Identity
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
06 Visual arts and architecture
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
Hierapolis
statues
temples
Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Zeus = Adad.

pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 31:
In the interior, the temple is not a single unit, for a second chamber has been made in it. The entry ramp to it is also short. It is not furnished with doors, but on the front it is completely open. All enter the large part of the temple, but into the chamber only priests go, and not even all the priests, but only those who are particularly close to the gods and to whom the overall service of the temple is entrusted. In this chamber are set statues of the gods. One is Hera and the other is Zeus, whom, however, they call by another name. Both are of gold and both are seated, but lions support Hera, while the god sits on bulls.

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pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 31

Bibliography

Attridge and Oden 1976Attridge, 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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Cf. The temple of the Syrian Goddess (1)
Cf. The temple of the Syrian Goddess (2)
Cf. The temple of the Syrian Goddess (3)
Cf. The temple of the Syrian Goddess (5)
Cf. The temple of the Syrian Goddess (6)
Cf. The temple of the Syrian Goddess (7)

Amar Annus


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