On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
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The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.
One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.
Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano
Head of Mithras from Angers Mithraeum
Tauroctony from Sárkeszi
Votive plaque of Stockstadt
Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
Mithraic rock and vase from Rusicade
Tauroctony from Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
Relief fragment from Ptuj
Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum
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Thank you! ☺️ So nice!
Mmmm… do you mean this one?
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Salve Khaldi, and thank you for the correction. Indeed, only one legate is mentioned in this monument. Correction made…
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Presumably, this camay served as a buffer, so it was depicted upside down, with the moon on the…
on Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
Looking at the cult as a purely Roman construct, men having sex with men was as acceptable as it…
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Anyone have a photo of this piece?
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