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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Flavius Gerontios

Pater nominos in Sidon, he consecrated a number of sculptures, including a Hecataion.

 
Locus

Sidon

Alexander the Great seized Sidon from the Persians in 333 BC. It became a Roman colony during the reign of Elagabalus.

 
Monumentum

Cautopates of Sidon

Cautopates sculpture of Sidon features a snake near his left leg.

 
Monumentum

Lion-headed Aion from Sidon

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

 
Monumentum

Hekataion of Sidon

The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Sidon

The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.

 
Monumentum

Mithraeum of Sidon

The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.

 
Monumentum

Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon

The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.

 
Monumentum

Cautes with an axe

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.

 
Monumentum

Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe

In this case, a quiver has been attached to the tree-stump behind the torchbearer.

 
Monumentum

Mithras carrying the bull

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

 
Monumentum

Bronze Venus of Sidon

There are two Venus from the Mithraeum of Sidon, one in bronze and the other in Parian marble.

 
Monumentum

Cautes of Sidon

The Sidon sculpture includes a dog jumping between Cautes's legs.

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