On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
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Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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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.
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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.
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The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.
The Mithraeum of Sabazeus 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.
For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).
Mithraic vase of Mühltal
Inscriptions of Eauze
Submission scene from Barberini
Altar of Stertinius Carpus from the Ponte Emilio Area, Rome
Triptic of Tróia
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
Aion of Villa Albani
Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente
Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum
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Thanks. That helped.
Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
Pattie, you and I need to talk about those bits one of these days. I'd be glad to know more about them.
Better image from Mitrei Ostia. What we need is a road trip to go see it ourselves. I call shot gun!!
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It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by certain figures…
Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…
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