Hekate of Sidon

Marble statuette of Hecate depicted as a triple goddess surrounded by dancers
Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0
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On a base, in which an inscription (No. 85), a standing triple Hekate, the heads of whom bear a commune polos. The figure is encircled by three dancing Nymphs.
La plus curieuse de nos trois pièces, l'Hécataion n° 54, nous fournit d'abord une preuve indirecte de sa date tardive. Cumont a cherché jadis à éclairer le rôle de la déesse infernale dans le mithriacisme (Cumont, Textes et mon., I, p. 140 avec référ.
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Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Sidon, Sidon, Syria-Coele (Syria) Sidon (Lebanon) - Current location
Musée du Louvre Paris (France) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 755 W. 245 D. 245 cm
- Material Marble (Parian)
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/305
- CIMRM 84, 85
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