Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis. Goodwin, Ed. Plutarch. Plutarch’s Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press of John Wilson and son.
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LES MAGES HELLÉNISES
ZOROASTRE, OSTANÀˆS ET HYSTASPE D'APRÀˆS LA TRADITION GRECQUE1
Le génie original que l'Iran manifesta dans la politique et dans les arts ne s'affirma nul…
Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.
Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis. Goodwin, Ed. Plutarch. Plutarch’s Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press of John Wilson and son.
Un descendant de Bédouins fixés à Emèse, en Syrie, passe pour le fils adultérin d'un empereur assassiné. Il sert passionnément le culte d'un aérolithe qui passe pour figurer le soleil : Elagabal. Il continuerait volontiers à danser devant l'idole…
It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
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.
