Translation and Introductory Essay by Robert Lamberton. Station Hill Press Barrytown, New York 1983.
Notitiae
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancien…
Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
Introductio
Press clips
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.
P Sufenas Virius Lupus
A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
Agencia
On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.
The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.
The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.
Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt
Tauroctony of Memphis
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Cautopates of Sidon
Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
Sententia
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
on Mithréum de Vienne →Stockstadt mithraeum is not located at Saalsburg Kastell. Stockstadt is at least 30 Kilometers from …
on Mithraeum I of Stockstadt →I think there is no need of booking in advance. Just come to Frankfurt an feel happy Wolfgang Jane…
on Mariemont unveilsIf this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
on Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis →Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…
on a post →Consider that there is a two-sided cult relief found at Mithraeum I of Stockstadt (CIMRM 1162) simal…
on Mithraeum I of Stockstadt →Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...
on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas →Looking at the cult as a purely Roman construct, men having sex with men was as acceptable as it was…
on a post →Greeaaaaaaat. Now I’m flying to Chicago. ;-) Thanks for the heads up.
on Tauroctony of the Collezione Torlonia →Libri
