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Temple garden at Hierapolis (1)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
12 Assyrian Identity
03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs



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

Text
pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 41:
In the (temple) courtyard large bulls, horses, eagles, bears, and lions graze at will. They do not harm men at all. Rather, all are sacred and tame.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 41

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.

Amar Annus


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