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The rites of Galli in Hierapolis (2)

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



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

Text
pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 54:
They (= the Galli) sacrifice bulls and cows as well as goats and sheep. Swine alone they consider polluted, neither sacrificing nor eating them. Other people consider them holy, not polluted. Among birds they believe the dove to be something most holy and they do not think it right even to touch one. Indeed, if they touch one inadvertently, they are under curse for that day. Consequently, doves are their associates. They come into their homes and often feed on the floor.

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pseudo-Lucian, De Dea Syria 54

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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