The Mysteries of Mithras. A Different Account
In this work, Attilio Mastrocinque cautions against an approach to Mithraism based on the belief that this mystic cult resembles Christianity. While both Christian and pagan authors testified that Mithraic elements were indeed borrowed, according to Attilio Mastrocinque this was only done by some gn
Books on Mithras
A TNM selection of books on Mithras, its cult, and related subjects.
The Excavations in the Mithraeum of the Church of Santa Prisca in Rome
This shrine may be the most interesting Mithraeum in the world, for it displays various remarkable features that are not to be found in any other speleum. The peculiar cult-niche with its rich stucco decoration is unique, the precious paintings on the sid…
Porphyry's On the Cave of the Nymphs in its Intellectual Context
Neoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most si…
Antaios : Mysteria Mithrae
Entretien avec le Professeur Turcan (p.5) ; Mithra, un dieu indo-européen ? J.HAUDRY (p.11) ; Mysteria Mithrae, une mystique (p.13) ; au service de l’Imperium…Bibliotheca mithriaca : C.GERARD (p.23) ; Le Culte du Soleil à Rome : J.C.MATHELIN (p.25) …
Legion of Lust
Young Roman soldier Titus is stationed in Britain just after Boadicea's rebellion, where he belongs to the mysterious and erotic Mithras cult. The sect's rites grow more and more extreme, until Titus realises that he may be required to betray his secret l…
Beck on Mithraism. Collected Works with New Essays
A venerable scholar of Mithraism, Beck assembles 17 reprinted and original articles from the past three decades that underpin the project to comprehend and describe the Mithraic mysteries more effectively than the traditional methods for studying the cult…
Roman Mithraism: the Evidence of the Small Finds
Contents: Introduction Richard Gordon Moglichkeiten und Grenzen einerfunktionellen Topographie von Mithrasheiligtiimem Andreas Schatzmann The Mithraeum in Tienen (Belgium): smallfinds and what they can tell us Marleen Martens The Symbolic Me…
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