"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.
This dedicatory inscription by a pater of Mithras, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.
This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.
This plaque, located on the western staircase of the Palace of Darius, mentions the god Mithra together with Ahura Mazda as protectors of King Artaxerxes III Ochus.
This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.
So... you *were* an owner, like me, prior to being hacked. Why don’t you start another group? Don’t let the hackers win if you love what you do.
And now I will go download/backup my group again, to be on the safe side. Cheers.
what exactly does it mean to be an "owner of a facebook group".. I set up a facebook group on philosophy and peace 15 years ago and have made thousands of valuable posts . two days it was hacked, and the name changed.. and I havent got a clue how to reassert my rights to ownership? or get it back ? just saying..
This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.
I am a member of the Longthorpe Legion, a Living History group linked to our local museum that portrays the Romans in Britain, including a Temple to Mithras.
Hello. We new zartosht doesn’t wrote the book of avesta and he and other zorastarians just edited it. So my topic is about homosexuality in Mithraism. We now homosexuality banned in avesta with very rough punishment in this world purgatory. But we have many high ranked characters in western mithraism(roman mithraism) they was homosexual or bisexual. So can you proove its banned or approved in mithraism?
Looking at the cult as a purely Roman construct, men having sex with men was as acceptable as it was for any free Roman male. That is to say, without written proof to the contrary, male/male encounters were fine.
Interesting… but I think there might be a mix-up here. I mean everyone is entitled to their own views but we are discussing the Cult of Mithras here, not a Zoroastrian spin-off. Sure it may been influenced by Persian beliefs, but it mostly was a roman brotherhood based on Greco-Roman tradition.
In any case, the Cult of Mithras was never a religion but rather a group of guys who shared certain vibes, tried to better themselves, and enjoyed hanging out together. So asking about who someone sleeps with,seems pretty out of place and at the polar opposite of what the cult of Mithras represents at least to me.
